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unusual facts about Secretary General of the United Nations



Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull

Turnbull became involved in controversy when on 28 February 2004 he wrote a formal letter admonishing ex-minister Clare Short for making media statements alleging that British intelligence had intercepted communications from (amongst others) Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.

Carol Pineau

Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, said to Pineau of the film, "Your analysis of the situation in Africa was very perceptive, and much more balanced than one usually finds in articles about the continent."

Dennis Byron

At the invitation of then-Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, Judge Byron, while serving as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, from which position he retired, became a permanent Judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2004.


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Dag Hammarskjold Middle School

Built in 1961, the school was named to honor the international peace advocate and former Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld.

Dennis Byron

As President of the ICTR which is located in Arusha, Tanzania, Sir Dennis is also an Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.

Order of Liberty

Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the United Nations (2005-10-11).

Retail's BIG Show

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, delivered the keynote address.

Rúhíyyih Khanum

During her travels she was received by the following heads of state and government; Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia; Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India; President Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d'Ivoire; President Carlos Menem of Argentina; Prime Minister Edward Seaga of Jamaica; and Javier Pérez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

World Justice Forum

Among others, the Forum featured remarks from: Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe; William H. Gates, Sr., Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Cherie Blair, Co-Founder of the Africa Justice Foundation; and Adama Dieng, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.