Died former UN Secretary-General, who received the Nobel prize

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Умер бывший Генсек ООН, получивший Нобелевскую премиюKofi Annan has died on 81 year of life.

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today died at the age of 80 years.

The UN has already confirmed the information about his death.

Kofi Annan held the post of the UN Secretary General from 1997 to 2006, was the seventh Secretary General of the organization. In 2001, Annan was awarded the Nobel peace prize for the establishment of the global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to support developing countries.

He left the post of Secretary General in late 2006.

Annan was born in Ghana in 1938. Since 1962, Annan started working in the UN, occupying the position of employee of the world health organization.

The family of Annan announced on Twitter that former UN Secretary-General died after a brief illness.

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