Kofi Annan A Leader Among Leaders

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Kofi AnnanA Leader Among Leaders

Presented by MiShawn Williams December 2006
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• A Leader Among Leaders
• United Nations Overview
• Role of the Secretary-General
• Kofi Annan History
• Criticisms
• Accomplishments
• Leadership Skills
• Conclusion

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The United Nations

• Formed in 1945 in response to World War II to
  save succeeding generations from the scourge of
  war and reaffirm faith in the fundamental human
  rights
• International body of 191 countries preserving
  peace through cooperation and collaboration
• Comprised of six main organs the General
  Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic
  Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the
  Secretariat

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• Member States abide by the UN Charter which has
  four main purposes
• 1. Maintain International Peace Security
• 2. To Develop Friendly Relations Among Nations
• 3. Cooperation in Solving International Problems
  and Promoting Respect for Human Rights
• 4. Act as a Center for Harmonizing the Actions of
  Nations

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The Secretariat and the Secretary-General
Secretariat is the administrative and
task-oriented body of the UN

• Tasks identified through the General Assembly,
  The Security Council, Economic Social Council
• Secretary-General leads the Secretariat and,
  therefore guides the overall mandates, doctrines
  and decisions of the UN body

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Kofi Annan History

• April 8, 1938 Born in Ghana
• 1961 Moved to the United States to complete
  undergraduate studies in Economics at Macalester
  College (Minnesota)
• 1962 Annan joined the UN with the World Health
  Organization
• March 1992 - February 1993 Assistant
  Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
• March 1993 - December 1996 Under
  Secretary-General
• January 1, 1997 Elected Secretary-General of
  the UN
• July 1997 Renewing the United Nations -
  reforming the UN based on a system of improving
  coherence and coordination and greater
  intervention
• May 1998 Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping
  Training Center established in Ghana
• April 2000 Issued the Millineum Report -
• We the Peoples The Role of the United Nations
  in the 21st Century
• April 2001 proposed the Global AIDs and Health
  Fund
• December 10, 2001 Received the Nobel Peace Prize
  with the UN
• January 1, 2002 Appointed to a second term as
  Secretary-General
• December 31, 2006 Conclusion of tenure as
  Secretary-General

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Kofi Annan has been pre-eminent in bringing
new life to the United Nations and the only
negotiable road to global peace and cooperation
goes by the way of the United Nations The
Nobel Committee
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Criticisms

• Oil For Food
• 1994 Rwanda Genocide
• 1995 Srebrenica, Bosnia
• 2003 Allied Invasion of Iraq

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1994 Rwanda Genocide800,000 killed in 100
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1995 Srebrenica Massacre8,000 Men and Boys
killed in Safe Zone
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2003 Invasion of IraqConsidered it illegal
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Accomplishments

• UN Reform
• Millennium Report
• AIDs Awareness and Mobilization

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UN Reform

• Collaboration, Cooperation and Intervention
• In this new century, we must start from the
  understanding that peace belongs not only to
  states or peoples, but to each and every member
  of those communities. The sovereignty of States
  must no longer be used as a shield for gross
  violations of human rights.
• - Kofi Annan, Nobel Lecture

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Millennium Development Goals

• THE EIGHT MILLENNIUM GOALS BY 2015
• 1. Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty
• 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
• 3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
• 4. Reduce Child Mortality
• 5. Improve Maternal Health
• 6. Combat HIV/AIDs, Malaria and other diseases
• 7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability
• 8. Develop a Global Partnership
• for Development

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Leadership Skills

• Facilitator Mediator
• Listening
• Persuasion
• Communication Through Non-Verbals

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ConclusionExcerpted from Farewell Speech on
December 11, 2006

• Five Lessons Learned over the 10 Years as
  Secretary-General
• 1.The security of every one of us is linked to
  that of everyone else.
• 2. We can and must give everyone the chance to
  benefit from global prosperity
• 3. Both security and prosperity depend on human
  rights and the rule of law
• 4. States must be accountable to each other, and
  to a broad range of non-state actors, in their
  international conduct.
• 5. We can only do all these things by working
  together through a multilateral system, and by
  making the best possible use of the unique
  instrument bequeathed to us by Harry Truman and
  his contemporaries, namely the United Nations.

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Peace must be sought, above all, because it is
the condition for every member of the human
family to live a life of dignity and security. -
Kofi Annan, Nobel Lecture
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Bibliography

• Annan Faults Frightening Lack of Leadership for
  Global Warming, The New York Times (November 16,
  2006)
• Biography Kofi Annan (www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/pa
  ges/sg_biography
• Is There Blood on His Hands?, Times Online
  (October 01, 2006)
• Kofi Annan Center of the Storm, a film by David
  Grubin, PBS Documentary (2003)
• Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training
  Centre - www.kaiptc.org
• Kofi Annan - Nobel Lecture, http//uk.geocities.co
  m/peace_444noro/annan-lecture
• Kofi Annan U.S. Trapped in Iraq, FOX News.com
  (Tuesday, November 21, 2006)
• Profile Kofi Annan, BBC News (October 2, 2006)
• Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Truman Library
  (December 11, 2006) - www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stor
  ies/statments_full.asp?statID40
• The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006,
  ?United Nations, 2006