Kofi Annan visited LSE twice. He addressed audiences in the Peacock Theatre a decade apart, in talks entitled “Interventions: a Life in War and Peace” in 2012, and in 2002 “From Doha to Johannesburg by way of Monterrey: how development can be achieved and sustained in the 21st century”.
![Kofi Annan speaking at LSE for the launch of his book "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace", Peacock Theatre, 4 October 2012. LSE](https://blogsmedia.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/65/files/2018/08/Kofi_Annan_1678.jpg)
I will be pleased… if some of the young people here decide to make a career in international politics and diplomacy, because we need you in this interdependent world.
Kofi Annan (1938-2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who became the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served two terms between 1997-2006 and in 2001, he and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
![Kofi Annan speaking at LSE for the launch of his book "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace", Peacock Theatre, 4 October 2012. LSE](https://blogsmedia.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/65/files/2018/08/Kofi_Annan_1692.jpg)
His second talk at LSE, “Interventions: a Life in War and Peace” (the title of his memoir) was filmed on 4 October 2012 in the Peacock Theatre. The event’s chair was writer and broadcaster William Shawcross.
You can also listen to the podcast at the LSE Player.
On 9 October 2012, LSE student newspaper The Beaver featured this write-up of Kofi Annan’s talk by John Armstrong, entitled “Kofi Annan on peace, security and the future of Africa”.
![The Beaver, 9 October 2012](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/files/2018/08/The-Beaver-9-October-2012.jpg)
Kofi Annan had previously visited the Peacock Theatre at LSE on 25 February 2002, delivering a public lecture entitled “From Doha to Johannesburg by way of Monterrey: how development can be achieved and sustained in the 21st century”, chaired by Anthony Giddens.
![Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, at the Global Dimensions lecture - From Doha to Johannesburg by way of Monterrey: How development can be achieved and sustained in the 21st century. 26th February 2002](https://blogsmedia.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/65/files/2018/08/Kofi_Annan_88-1024x683.jpg)
Watch the lecture at LSE’s Digital Library and see what The Beaver reported in the following week’s issue.
![The Beaver, 4 March 2002 p1](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/files/2018/08/The-Beaver-4-March-2002-p1.jpg)
![The Beaver, 4 March 2002 p6](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/files/2018/08/The-Beaver-4-March-2002-p6.jpg)