vaimbove UN Munyori Mukuru uye ane mukurumbira mumiriri Kofi Annan, makumi masere, akashaya muchipatara cheSwitzerland neMugovera, achirwara ne "chirwere chipfupi," sekureva kwemhuri yake.

Mukuru wezvematongerwo enyika akafa murunyararo, akapoteredzwa nemukadzi wake nevana vatatu, mhuri yaAnnan nenheyo yakazivisa mukutaura ichimurumbidza nekurwira “nyika ine runyararo uye ine runyararo. Mhuri yake yakakumbira kuva yega panguva yavo yekuchema.

Mukuru weUN aripo, Antonio Guterres akamurumbidza se "simba rinotungamira kune zvakanaka" uye "mwanakomana anodada weAfrica akazove murwiri wepasi rose werunyararo nevanhu vese."

“Kufanana nevakawanda, ndaidada kudaidza Kofi Annan kuti ishamwari yakanaka uye chipangamazano. Ndakaremekedzwa zvikuru nechivimbo chake mukundisarudza kuti ndishande soMumiririri Mukuru weUnited Nations weVapoteri muutungamiriri hwake. Akaramba ari munhu wandaigona kutendeukira kwaari nguva dzose kuti ndiwane mazano uye njere - uye ndinoziva kuti ndakanga ndisiri ndoga, "VaGuterres vakadaro mukutaura.

Mumiriri ane mukurumbira, Annan akaberekwa muna 1938 muBritish Crown Colony yeGold Coast, iyo yakazove nyika yakazvimirira yeGhana. Kutanga basa rake muWorld Health Organisation, Annan akabva ashanda semukuru wezvekushanya weGhana.

Akaenderera mberi akabata mahofisi akawanda epamusoro mukati meUnited Nations. Mukutanga kwema1990, seMutevedzeri weMunyori Mukuru weKuchengetedza Runyararo, Annan akatungamira basa reUN kuSomalia yasakadzwa nehondo uye aive mumiriri wesangano kune yaimbova Yugoslavia.

Muna 1997, Annan akasarudzwa Munyori Mukuru weUnited Nations - chinzvimbo chaakagara kusvika 2006. Kutonga kwake kwakabatana nematambudziko akawanda epasi rose, akadai semushandirapamwe wekubhomba weNATO muna 1999 muYugoslavia, kurwisa kweUS kuIraq neAfghanistan, uye kuwedzera muIsrael-Palestine. mhirizhonga inozivikanwa seSecond Intifada.

Muna 2001, “nokuda kwebasa ravo renyika yakarongeka uye ine rugare,” Annan neUN vakazowana mubayiro weNobel Peace Prize.

Mushure mekusiya chinzvimbo chake semunyori mukuru, akatanga Kofi Annan Foundation uye akatarisana nebasa rekubatsira vanhu.

Muna 2012, akayeukwa muchidimbu neUN neArab League kuti atungamire mishoni yerunyararo panguva yekutanga kwehondo yevagari muSyria. Vakaronga hurongwa hwerunyararo hwemapoinzi matanhatu hwekupedza gakava iri, asi mazano avo haana kuzoitwa, akabva asiya basa.