On Thursday, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be interviewed at Yale by John Negroponte, former US ambassador to the UN. Clearly, this is an event that merits rescheduling your extracurriculars and Elmseed meetings.
Annan served as Secretary-General from 1997-2006, and oversaw extensive UN reform, the Millennium Development Goals, and the Global AIDS and Health Fund to treat the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In 2001, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
While YIRA members had the opportunity last week to submit questions, we can still speculate on what he will discuss. Here’s what I hope to hear about:
Annan is speaking at 4:30 pm on Thursday, February 7th in the Levinson Auditorium at the Yale Law School. The event is free and open to the public.