Watch Kofi Annan awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2001

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general who has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2001 for his humanitarian work and for helping revitalise the UN during a period that coincided with the Iraq war and the HIV/Aids pandemic.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/aug/18/kofi-annan-is-awarded-the-nobel-peace-prize-in-2001-video

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