Kofi Annan
1938 – 2018 · Ghana · Peace
Nobel Peace Prize, 2001
UN Secretary-General who put human security at the centre of the organisation.
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- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
1938 · Peace, Economics
The responsibility-to-protect and peacebuilding architecture shaped Liberia's recovery.
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