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Former #UnitedNations #SecretaryGeneral #KofiAnnan was laid to rest in a private burial in Accra, Ghana on Thursday after a #statefuneral attended by world leaders.
Co-founder of IPS Inter Press Service and President Emeritus, Roberto Savio, says Annan was the last UN Secretary-General to have paid for his independence. https://bit.ly/2MxUvos
"This testimony to #KofiAnnan, former #UN #SecretaryGeneral, comes a month after his death. Much has already been written, and it is now superfluous to recall his efforts for peace and international cooperation. It is better to place his figure in a crucial context: how the great powers progressively reduced the figure of the UN Secretary-General and charged a high price from those who tried to keep the system’s independence."