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  • Democracy in the Digital Age

    Elections & Democracy Commission in the Digital Age launches at Stanford

    The Kofi Annan Foundation held the inaugural meeting of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age at Stanford University.

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  • Electoral Integrity in Malaysia

    Electoral Reform in Malaysia – A Roundtable

    A roundtable discussion aiming to rally Malaysia’s main political actors to determine what successful electoral reform must look like.

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  • Electoral Integrity in DRC

    Foundation facilitates meeting of Congolese political leaders in Geneva

    The Kofi Annan Foundation was asked to facilitate the process of consultation and dialogue between the opposition political parties of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  • Reconciliation Report

    Challenging the Conventional: 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 newest report: 

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    Realising Kofi Annan’s Vision

    A Message from Alan Doss, President of the Kofi Annan Foundation

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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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Annan @ Work
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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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Our Partner Organisations

Alliance for a Green Revolution in AfricaAfrica Progress PanelCartooning for PeaceInternational Crisis GroupOne Young WorldBooks For AfricaThe Graduate Institute GenevaWorld Leadership Alliance Club De MadridEuropean UnionInternational Drug Policy ConsortiumOSIWA - Open Society Initiative for West AfricaCentre for Humanitarian DialogueUnited Nations FoundationThe EldersPrix PictetThe International Center for Transitional JusticeOpen Society FoundationsGlobal Commission on Drug Policy