Black global leadership links Minnesota, the African diaspora, and the ongoing struggle for democracy in a time of rising nationalism.
Kofi Annan
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Mourning Kofi Annan, remembering Ron Walters
Kofi Annan’s contributions to the UN are twofold, in my opinion. First, he was committed to peace, and to the UN’s peacekeeping role. He saw human rights as more important than “state sovereignty” and felt that the UN had a role in maintaining citizen rights in the face of state brutality.
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WATCH: The United Nations mourns former Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Annan had a Minnesota connection. In 1961, he graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul and returned to the campus numerous times for speaking engagements, most recently in May of this year for the dedication of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship.