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Published 23 October 2019
Updated 14 December 2020
ISBN: 978 1 78413 371 9
Cover image: Kofi Annan meets with high-school students in Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2002. Copyright © Chien-min Chung/Getty Photos
The ‘Our Shared Humanity’ conference explored Kofi Annan’s legacy for the future of global governance in the run-up to the UN’s 75th anniversary. This paper summarizes key points raised during the conference, and presents the substantive recommendations that emerged from the discussion.
The conference report was drafted by Sabrina White, University of Leeds, with input from Fred Carver, Head of Policy UNA-UK, and Natalie Samarasinghe, Executive Director UNA-UK, along with Ruma Mandal, Head, International Law Programme, Chatham House.
The conference was part of an initiative exploring the legacy of Kofi Annan supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Open Society Foundations. The conference benefited from the partnership of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as associate partner organizations – The Elders, International Crisis Group, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the United Nations Foundation.