On 26 March 2013, Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, participated in a discussion based on his recent memoir "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace" organised by the Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva with the support of the Kofi Annan Foundation.

Mr Annan took part in a candid discussion with Graduate Institute Adjunct Professor Nicolas Michel who was Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel during Mr Annan's terms at the top of the organisation. Responding to Professor Michel's questions Kofi Annan discussed the highs and lows of his over forty-year career at the United Nations and at the centre of some of the most important international events of our time. Drawing on his rich experience, Mr Annan shed light on the challenges faced by the UN and his vision for its future.

Kofi Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the United Nations in 2001. He currently heads the Kofi Annan Foundation and recently launched the West Africa Commission on the Impact of Drugs on Governance, Security and Development. In 2012 he was UN--Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria. Mr Annan is an Alumnus and longtime patron of the Graduate Institute.

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