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UN chief says predecessor Annan was ‘guiding force for good’
GENEVA, Aug 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres
voiced deep sorrow Saturday at the news his predecessor Kofi Annan had passed
away, calling him “a guiding force for good”.
“Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good,” Guterres said in a statement
shortly after news broke of Annan’s passing in Switzerland at the age of 80.
“In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the
ranks to lead the organisation into the new millennium with matchless dignity
and determination,” he added.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1612 hrs