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  • Remembering Kofi Annan

    18 August 2019 marks the first anniversary since the passing of Kofi Annan. Discover some of the ways in which Kofi Annan has been remembered over the past 12 months.

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  • Annual Report 2018

    Building on an Extraordinary Legacy

    The Kofi Annan Foundation has designed and launched initiatives to assist countries and communities move forward on the road to peace. Find out how we do it in our Annual Report.

    Discover the report


  • Supporting Democracy & Elections

    Electoral Reform in Nigeria

    The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Civil Society Situation Room organised the roundtable involving a group of key stakeholders in Abuja, Nigeria.

    Why the time is now


  • Kofi Annan Commission

    The Impact of Digital on Elections in West Africa

    We convened a group of experts in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to discuss the impact of digital on democracy and elections in West Africa. Yves Leterme summarises the points raised.

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  • Transitions to Peace

    Making Post-Violence Reconciliation Succeed

    If we invested a fragment of what is spent in war on reconciliation, lasting peace might well be enjoyed by many more citizens around the world. Learn more in our report:

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  1. Remembering Kofi Annan
  2. Annual Report 2018
  3. Electoral Reform Roundtable
  4. Supporting Democracy and Elections
  5. Reconciliation
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Mobilising Political Will

Curious about what we do and how we do it? This short animation explains the Kofi Annan Foundation’s mission to mobilise political will to overcome threats to peace, development and human rights.

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Our Mission

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    Pillar 1 - Kofi Annan Foundation

    The knowledge needed to solve many of the world´s pressing problems already exists.

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    Pillar 2 - Kofi Annan Foundation

    What holds us back is lack of leadership and political will to bring about change.

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    Pillar 3 - Kofi Annan Foundation

    We mobilise political will to overcome threats to peace, development and human rights...

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    Pillar 4 - Kofi Annan Foundation

    ...by convening and engaging leaders across the world. These are our projects:

Our Areas of Work

Electoral Integrity

The Kofi Annan Commission

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Safeguarding a Legacy
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Impressions

  • Kofi Annan's last mission, supporting fair and legitimate elections in Zimbabwe 
  • Kofi Annan blows out the candles on his 80th birthday, with help from his grandson Atta 
  • Interview with BBC HARDtalk for Kofi Annan's 80th birthday in April 2018 
  • With young people from the Foundation's Extremely Together initiative 
  • Kofi Annan presents the Rakhine Commission's final report to the world media in Yangon 
  • Kofi Annan with Barack Obama 
  • In Burkina Faso with Mrs Nane Annan 
  • The Case for Citizen leadership 

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AGRAAfrica Progress PanelCartooning for PeaceUNDEFInternational Crisis GroupOne Young WorldBooks for AfricaInterpeaceBill & Melinda Gates FoundationLee Kuan Yew School of Public PolicyIDEAMo Ibrahim FoundationCoalition for The International Criminal CourtGraduate Institute GenevaWorld Leadership Alliance – Club de MadridEuropean UnionInitiatives of Change SwitzerlandIDPCOSIWAhdUnited Nations FoundationThe EldersPrix PictetICTJOpen Society FoundationsGlobal Commission on Drug Policy