Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan in China

The photo shows Annan accompanied by Chinese and U.N. officials, visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing on April 1, 1998. Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, passed away at the age of 80 on August 18, 2018. Annan visited China several times during his lifetime. [Photo: VCG]


The photo shows Annan with a UN flag which flew with Col. Yang Liwei on China's first manned space mission, at UN headquarters in New York, May 19, 2004. Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, passed away at the age of 80 on August 18, 2018. [Photo: VCG]