Name the secretery general of UN who created the global fund to fight AIDS.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Kofi Annan
Kofi A. Annan (1997-2006) Ghana; UN official; created the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; declared the US-led invasion of Iraq as an illegal act; established the Peacebuilding Commission and the Human Rights Council in 2005; awarded the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.
UN Secretary Generals in chronological order:
- Trygve Lie (1946-1952), Norway.
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1953-1961), Sweden.
- U Thant (1961-1971), Burma (Myanmar).
- Kurt Waldheim (1972-1981), Austria.
- Javier Perez de Cuellar (1982-1991), Peru.
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1992-1996), Egypt.
- Kofi A. Annan (1997-2006), Ghana.
- Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016), Republic of Korea (South Korea).
- António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (2017-), Portugal.