Full Text of SR1979 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, | 4 | | who passed away on August 18, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kofi Atta Annan was born in Ghana on April 8, | 6 | | 1938; he received a bachelor's degree in economics in 1961 from | 7 | | Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and began working for | 8 | | the U.N. World Health Organization in Geneva; he received a | 9 | | master's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute | 10 | | of Technology in 1972; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, At the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1990, Kofi | 12 | | Annan helped persuade the Iraqis to release 900 U.N. employees | 13 | | and dependents held as hostages; he also organized an airlift | 14 | | of hundreds of thousands of Asian workers back to their | 15 | | original homes; he became Deputy Chief of Peacekeeping for the | 16 | | U.N. in 1992, and Chief of Peacekeeping the following year; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Kofi Annan led the United Nations as Secretary | 18 | | General from 1997 to 2006; he was the seventh secretary general | 19 | | in the history of the U.N. and the first black African to hold | 20 | | the position; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in |
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| 1 | | 2001, which he shared with the U.N.; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, After retiring from the U.N., Kofi Annan took on | 3 | | the role of a wise and noble elder trying to mediate a host of | 4 | | conflicts in Africa; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good; he | 6 | | provided people everywhere with a space for dialogue, a place | 7 | | for problem-solving, and a path to a better world; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Kofi Annan is survived by his wife, Nane | 9 | | Lagergren; two children; and a stepdaughter; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, and extend our | 13 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 14 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Kofi Annan as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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