Kofi Annan Foundation

Kofi Annan Foundation

Founded	2007
Founder	Kofi Annan
Type	NGO
Purpose	The Kofi Annan Foundation works to promote better global governance and strengthen the capacities of people and countries to achieve a fairer, more peaceful world.
Location	Geneva
Chair of the Board	Elhadj As Sy
Executive Director	Corinne Momal-Vanian
Website	kofiannanfoundation.org

The Kofi Annan Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to help build peaceful, democratic and resilient societies. It was founded and legally incorporated in Switzerland in 2007 by the late Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations.

Kofi Annan believed that "there can be no long-term development without security and no long-term security without development. Nor will any society remain prosperous for long without the rule of law and respect for human rights".^[1] Accordingly, the Kofi Annan Foundation believes that fair and peaceful societies rest on three pillars: Peace and Security, Sustainable Development and Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and they have made it their mission to mobilise the leadership and the political resolve needed to tackle threats to these three pillars ranging from violent conflict to flawed elections and climate change, with the aim of achieving a fairer, more peaceful world.