The IAU joins the worldwide higher education community in extending our condolences to the family and colleagues of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006. Committed to the cause of education as a foundation for progress in society, Kofi Annan was Chancellor of the University of Ghana, a long-standing IAU Member, from 2008 to 2018.

“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.” Kofi Annan.