Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation,as well as chairman of The Elders,an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
Peru is a town in Berkshire County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 814 at the 2020 census.
Richmond is a town in Berkshire County,Massachusetts,United States. It is part of the Pittsfield,Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,407 at the 2020 census.
The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP),established by the United Nations in 1995 was established to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food,medicine,and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to boost its military capabilities.
John Walter Olver is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district from 1991 to 2013. Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania,Olver graduated from college at the age of 18 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and later taught chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for eight years.
Lakhdar Brahimi is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He served as chairman of the United Nations Panel on United Nations Peace Operations in 2000. Its highly influential report "Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping" is known as "The Brahimi Report".
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and,concurrently,as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor,Swift was 36 years old,making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1559,adopted on 2 September 2004,after recalling resolutions 425 (1978),426 (1978),520 (1982) and 1553 (2004) on the situation in Lebanon,the Council supported free and fair presidential elections in Lebanon and called upon remaining foreign forces to withdraw from the country.
The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy originally described in his book of the same name. It is given to individuals who,by acting in accord with their conscience,risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national,state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.
Gordon Hall Mansfield was an American military veteran who was Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs between 2004 and 2008.
Stanley C. Rosenberg is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from January 2015 until December 2017. Rosenberg was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the State Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver. A Democrat,Rosenberg resigned from the Senate on May 4,2018,amidst a sexual harassment scandal involving his husband,Bryon Hefner.
The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center is a transit facility located in downtown Pittsfield,Massachusetts. The $11 million facility is named after Joseph Scelsi,a longtime State Representative who represented Pittsfield. Owned by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA),it is serviced by local BRTA bus services,Amtrak intercity rail service,and Peter Pan intercity bus service. The second floor of the building houses two classrooms used by Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Staffan de Mistura is an Italian-Swedish diplomat,United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
Benjamin Brackett Downing is an American politician and Democratic former member of the Massachusetts State Senate. He represented the Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin district from 2007 to 2013,before being redistricted to the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden district,which he represented until 2017.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. served as a Democratic State Senator from January 1,1997,until January 3,2007,representing the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden and Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin Massachusetts Senate districts in western Massachusetts. He is an attorney,having practiced law with a focus on commercial real estate,health care,education and business litigation. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination of the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's newly drawn 1st congressional district on September 6,2012.
Paul W. Mark is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the 2nd Berkshire District,which includes sixteen cities and towns throughout Berkshire and Franklin counties.
The Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria or the six-point peace plan for Syria was launched in March 2012 by the Arab League and the United Nations (UN),when the violent Syrian conflict or civil war had raged for a year.
Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden is a district of the Massachusetts Senate since 2013. It covers an area of 1,529.5 square miles across the expanse of Berkshire,Hampshire,Hampden and Franklin counties. Democrat Adam Hinds of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2017. Hinds is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
Ahmad Fawzi is an Egyptian-born media spokesperson,who,for six months in July 2017,worked as Communication Adviser and Chief Spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2015–2016 he served as interim Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva.
