Annan
Americannoun
noun
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Otunnu, 75, served as UN under-secretary general and special representative for children and armed conflict from 1997 to 2005 under then UN chief Kofi Annan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2004, four-way talks were held on a plan to reunify Cyprus, presided over by UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, but failed to produce an agreement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Fiscal depute David Orr said that Nicholson, from Newbie, near Annan, had been the focus of Operation Epazote, a Home Office inquiry into human trafficking at TN Trawlers.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Knight had to go to court to fight a former work colleague, Charles Annan, from patenting the idea himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“No sooner was a Person affected with a headache,” Dr. William Annan observed, “than he became anxious to be removed to Bushhill Hospital.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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