Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,21 Apr 2018,49 mins

Kofi Annan at 80: A HARDtalk Special

The Interview

Available for over a year

Zeinab Badawi speaks to former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan as he reaches his eightieth birthday, before opening up the conversation to questions from the audience. In a career spanning six decades at the United Nations, he has held several senior positions including two terms as Secretary-General until 2006. There were high points such as the award of the Nobel Peace Prize as well as tragic events such as the Rwandan genocide and the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims. What are his biggest worries today and does he have any regrets?

Programme Website
More episodes