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The convergence of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict poses a significant threat to peace and stability worldwide, particularly in fragile and conflict affected countries. Young people in these areas are disproportionately affected, yet they are also uniquely positioned to drive transformative solutions. The report Resilience Rising: Youth Research Informing Global Climate…
Resilience Rising: Youth Research Informing Global Climate and Conflict Responses
The convergence of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict poses a significant threat to peace and stability worldwide, particularly in fragile and conflict affected countries. Young people in these areas are disproportionately affected, yet they are also uniquely positioned to drive transformative solutions. The report Resilience Rising: Youth Research Informing Global Climate and Conflict Responses […]
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Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, delivered the Kofi Annan Peace Address during Geneva Peace Week 2024. Reflecting on Kofi Annan’s legacy and the current global leadership crisis in peace efforts, she called for greater respect for humanitarian law, and advocated for gender parity in leadership, emphasising the need for women’s inclusion in peacebuilding. Full Remarks…
Mary Robinson: “The current failure of leadership is not gender neutral”
Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, delivered the Kofi Annan Peace Address during Geneva Peace Week 2024. Reflecting on Kofi Annan’s legacy and the current global leadership crisis in peace efforts, she called for greater respect for humanitarian law, and advocated for gender parity in leadership, emphasising the need for women’s inclusion in peacebuilding. Full Remarks from Mary Robinson […]
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À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la paix et avant le Sommet pour l’avenir, la Fondation Kofi Annan et Interpeace lancent un appel d’urgence pour la paix. Cet article a été publié dans Le Temps le 20 septembre 2024, sous la plume de Corinne Momal-Vanian et Itonde Kakoma. Nous vivons en…
Appel d’urgence pour la paix
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la paix et avant le Sommet pour l’avenir, la Fondation Kofi Annan et Interpeace lancent un appel d’urgence pour la paix. Cet article a été publié dans Le Temps le 20 septembre 2024, sous la plume de Corinne Momal-Vanian et Itonde Kakoma. Nous vivons en temps de guerre. […]
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Building on the tools developed and lessons learned during our “Voices of Reconciliation and Equality” project in Colombia between 2022-2023, the Kofi Annan Foundation, Alianza para la Paz and Fundación Nacional Batuta have created a practical guide on how to use music to advance peace and gender equality among children and adolescents affected by violence. The guide, “Acordes…
Harnessing Music Education for Peacebuilding and Gender Equality in Colombia: A Guide
Building on the tools developed and lessons learned during our “Voices of Reconciliation and Equality” project in Colombia between 2022-2023, the Kofi Annan Foundation, Alianza para la Paz and Fundación Nacional Batuta have created a practical guide on how to use music to advance peace and gender equality among children and adolescents affected by violence. The guide, “Acordes por la Paz: […]
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In this episode of Kofi Time, host Ahmad Fawzi interviews renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour. Together, they discuss a world in turmoil, and what would Kofi Annan – who did so much for peace – do today? Christiane shares her thoughts on the ‘Kofi Annan way’, the difficult job mediators and peacebuilders face,…
Making Peace: Then & Now | Kofi Time with Christiane Amanpour | Episode 2
In this episode of Kofi Time, host Ahmad Fawzi interviews renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour. Together, they discuss a world in turmoil, and what would Kofi Annan – who did so much for peace – do today? Christiane shares her thoughts on the ‘Kofi Annan way’, the difficult job mediators and peacebuilders face, and the courage […]
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This week, the United Nations reported that two million people, primarily women and children, have fled from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, in the fastest exodus on the European continent since the end of WWII. Thousands of men, women, children, and young soldiers – many still in their teens – have died or…
Peace is possible: A call for action
This week, the United Nations reported that two million people, primarily women and children, have fled from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, in the fastest exodus on the European continent since the end of WWII. Thousands of men, women, children, and young soldiers – many still in their teens – have died or been injured. Cities […]
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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana and Chair of ECOWAS delivered the following Address on December 8 2021, in Accra, Ghana, at the 2021 Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum Check Against Delivery I am happy to be here this morning to participate in the 2nd Kofi Annan Peace and Security…
Address by Nana Akufo-Addo – Kofi Annan Peace & Security Forum 2021
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana and Chair of ECOWAS delivered the following Address on December 8 2021, in Accra, Ghana, at the 2021 Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum Check Against Delivery I am happy to be here this morning to participate in the 2nd Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum, which was […]
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When two planes hit the World Trade Center on 9/11, I was half a world away in Sierra Leone. I was working there for the UN peacekeeping mission set up to help end the brutal civil war in that country. Part of my job was to plan and mobilise aid for…
A Memory of 9/11, by Alan Doss
When two planes hit the World Trade Center on 9/11, I was half a world away in Sierra Leone. I was working there for the UN peacekeeping mission set up to help end the brutal civil war in that country. Part of my job was to plan and mobilise aid for national recovery in […]
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Mr Chairman, Mr. President, Presidential candidates, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I want to warmly thank General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the National Peace Committee for their kind invitation to the Kofi Annan Foundation to be here for this historic occasion. My thanks go as well to Switzerland a close partner of the Foundation in our…
Remarks by Alan Doss at the Signing of the 2019 Nigerian National Peace Accord
Mr Chairman, Mr. President, Presidential candidates, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I want to warmly thank General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the National Peace Committee for their kind invitation to the Kofi Annan Foundation to be here for this historic occasion. My thanks go as well to Switzerland a close partner of the Foundation in our efforts to promote […]
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Following the successful launch of a new report on reconciliation in Geneva, Alan Doss of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Scott Weber of Interpeace reflect on the anniversary of the armistice that ended WWI and the lessons to be learned for peacebuilding.This article was originally published in French in Le Monde. Almost…
"When we pause to remember the many lives lost on 11 November, we must cast our eyes forward to the opportunities for reconciliation"
Following the successful launch of a new report on reconciliation in Geneva, Alan Doss of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Scott Weber of Interpeace reflect on the anniversary of the armistice that ended WWI and the lessons to be learned for peacebuilding.This article was originally published in French in Le Monde. Almost one hundred years […]
