Tsohon UN Sakatare Janar kuma sanannen jami'in diflomasiyya Kofi Annan, mai shekaru 80, ya rasu a wani asibitin kasar Switzerland ranar Asabar, inda ya yi fama da " gajeriyar rashin lafiya," a cewar danginsa.
Dan majalisar ya rasu cikin kwanciyar hankali, tare da matarsa da ’ya’yansa uku, iyalan Annan da gidauniyar sun sanar a cikin wata sanarwa da suka nuna suna yaba masa saboda gwagwarmayar samar da “duniya mai kyau da kwanciyar hankali.” Iyalinsa sun nemi keɓantawa a lokacin makoki.
Shugaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na yanzu, Antonio Guterres ya yaba da shi a matsayin "mai jagora ga nagarta" kuma "dan Afirka mai girman kai wanda ya zama zakaran duniya don zaman lafiya da dukkan bil'adama."
“Kamar yadda mutane da yawa, na yi alfaharin kiran Kofi Annan abokin kirki kuma jagora. Na yi matukar farin ciki da amincewar da ya yi na zaɓe ni in yi aiki a matsayin Babban Kwamishinan 'Yan Gudun Hijira na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa. Ya kasance wanda a koyaushe zan iya juyawa don neman shawara da hikima - kuma na san ba ni kaɗai ba, ”in ji Mista Guterres a cikin wata sanarwa.
Shahararren jami'in diflomasiyya, Annan an haife shi a shekara ta 1938 a Masarautar Burtaniya ta Gold Coast, wacce daga baya ta zama kasa ta Ghana mai cin gashin kanta. Fara aikinsa a Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya, Annan ya zama daraktan kula da yawon bude ido na Ghana.
Ya ci gaba da rike manyan ofisoshi da dama a cikin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A farkon shekarun 1990, a matsayin mataimakin Sakatare-Janar na wanzar da zaman lafiya, Annan ya jagoranci tawagar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya zuwa Somaliya mai fama da yaki, kuma shi ne manzon musamman na kungiyar a tsohuwar kasar Yugoslavia.
A shekara ta 1997, an zabi Annan Sakatare-Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya - mukamin da ya rike har zuwa 2006. Wa'adinsa ya zo daidai da rikice-rikicen kasa da kasa da dama, kamar yakin 1999 na NATO a Yugoslavia, mamayewar Amurka a Iraki da Afganistan, da kuma tashin hankali a Isra'ila da Falasdinu. tashin hankali da ake kira Intifada ta biyu.
A cikin 2001, "saboda ayyukansu don samar da ingantacciyar tsari da zaman lafiya," Annan da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya sun zama masu karɓar lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel.
Bayan ya sauka daga mukaminsa na babban sakatare ya kafa gidauniyar Kofi Annan tare da mai da hankali kan ayyukan jin kai.
A shekara ta 2012, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da kungiyar kasashen Larabawa sun kira shi a takaice domin ya jagoranci aikin samar da zaman lafiya a farkon yakin basasa a Syria. Ya gabatar da shirin zaman lafiya mai kunshe da abubuwa shida domin kawo karshen rikicin, amma ba a taba aiwatar da shawarwarin nasa ba, ya yi murabus.
