Monday, August 20 2018 11:29

ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian sent a telegram of condolences to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the death of Kofi Annan.

As the press service of the Armenian President told ArmInfo, the  telegram reads: "I express my deep condolences on the death of the  eminent diplomat and prominent political figure Kofi Annan, who  became the UN Secretary General in a rather difficult period. His  commitment to humanitarian values and his ability deep perception of  the problems had undoubted importance in the promotion of human  rights, while strengthening the role of the UN This great loss for  the international community, the United Nations family.  "

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan died on August 18 at the 81st  year of life in a circle of relatives, after a short illness.

Kofi Annan was born on April 8, 1938 in the British colony of the  Gold Coast, which later became the state of Ghana. His father was the  supreme leader of the Fanti tribe and governor of the province of  Ashanti.  Annan studied at home, in the US and Switzerland. While  still a student, I started working at the UN - first in the World  Health Organization, then in other structures. He headed the Office  of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. On January 1,  1997, Kofi Annan became the UN Secretary General, and on June 29,  2001 he was re-elected for a second term. In 2012, he was for some  time the special envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab  States in Syria. In recent years he worked in Switzerland and headed  the foundation of his name with headquarters in Geneva.