Person

Kofi Annan

Ghanaian diplomat; head of UN peacekeeping in 1994 and UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006.

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United Nations 1994 Under-Secretary-General, head of UN peacekeeping Primary record 2 3

UN headquarters’ reply cables to Dallaire’s informant cable (11 January 1994) 11 Jan 1994 Primary record 2
The cable went out under his name and was signed by Iqbal Riza.

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Statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, United Nations, 16 Dec 1999. Primary record
in March this year I commissioned a completely independent Inquiry into those actions, with the approval of the Security Council.
Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (S/1999/1257) [the UN PDF is an image scan; quoted text is taken from the copy of the UN web page archived at phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/RwandaReport1.htm (Parts I to V)], United Nations, 15 Dec 1999. Primary record
it was shared with other senior officials within DPKO, including Under-Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Assistant-Secretary-General Iqbal Riza and Mr Hedi Annabi
It was a cable from Annan (signed off by Riza) to Booh Booh, marked "Immediate" and "Only".
The Triumph of Evil (FRONTLINE, PBS), transcript, PBS Frontline, 26 Jan 1999. Scholarship & press
The cable was sent under the name of Kofi Annan, then head of U.N. peacekeeping and now secretary general.

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