Owabe UN UNobhala-Jikelele nosomaqhinga odumile uKofi Annan, 80, udlule emhlabeni esibhedlela saseSwitzerland ngoMgqibelo, ngenxa yokugula “okufishane,” ngokusho komndeni wakhe.
Isikhulu sombuso sidlule ngokuthula, sizungezwe unkosikazi waso nezingane ezintathu, umndeni kanye nesisekelo sika-Annan simemezele esitatimendeni simncoma ngokulwela "umhlaba omuhle nonokuthula." Umndeni wakhe ucele imfihlo ngesikhathi sabo sokulila.
Isikhulu samanje se-UN, u-Antonio Guterres wamncoma “njengeqembu elihola okuhle” futhi "uyindodana e-Afrika eqhoshayo eyaba ngumpetha womhlaba wonke wokuthula naso sonke isintu."
“Njengabaningi, bengiziqhenya ngokubiza uKofi Annan ngokuthi umngani nomeluleki omuhle. Kwangihlonipha kakhulu ukwethembela kwakhe ekungikhetheni ukuthi ngisebenze njengoKhomishani Ophakeme Wababaleki we-UN ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe. Uhlale engumuntu engingabhekisa kuye njalo ukuthola iseluleko nokuhlakanipha - futhi ngiyazi ukuthi angingedwa, ”kusho uMnu Guterres esitatimendeni.
U-Annan ongusomaqhinga odumile wazalwa ngo-1938 eBritish Crown Colony yaseGold Coast, kamuva eyaba yisizwe esizimele saseGhana. Uqala umsebenzi wakhe kwiWorld Health Organisation, u-Annan wabe esebenza njengomqondisi wezokuvakasha eGhana.
Uqhubeke wabamba amahhovisi amaningana asezikhundleni eziphezulu ngaphakathi kwe-United Nations. Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1990, njengoNobhala-Jikelele Wezokugcinwa Kokuthula, u-Annan wahola umkhankaso we-UN eSomalia eyayikhungethwe yimpi futhi wayeyisithunywa esikhethekile sale nhlangano ezweni elaliyiYugoslavia.
Ngo-1997, u-Annan wakhethwa njengoNobhala-Jikelele we-UN - isikhundla asiphethe kwaze kwaba ngu-2006. Isikhathi sakhe sasihambisana nezinkinga eziningana zomhlaba, njengomkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu we-NATO ngo-1999 eYugoslavia, ukuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, kanye nokwanda e-Israel-Palestine. udlame olwaziwa ngeSecif Intifada.
Ngo-2001, “ngomsebenzi wabo wezwe elihleleke futhi elinokuthula,” u-Annan ne-UN baba ngabazuzi kanyekanye beNobel Peace Prize.
Ngemuva kokwesula esikhundleni sakhe njengoNobhala-Jikelele, wasungula iKofi Annan Foundation wagxila emsebenzini wokusiza abantu.
Ngo-2012, wakhunjulwa kafushane yi-UN kanye ne-Arab League ukuhola umkhankaso wokuthula ngesikhathi sokuqala kwempi yombango eSyria. Uphakamise uhlelo lokuthula olunamaphuzu ayisithupha lokuqeda udweshu, kepha iziphakamiso zakhe azange zisetshenziswe, wabe esesula esikhundleni.
