Bracelet
- ID-nummer
- 2001.061.001
- Titel
- Bracelet
- Objektkategori
- Kläder & assessorer
- Publik beskrivning
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Kofi Annan’s bracelet has an ankh symbol, an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol which has been interpreted as “the key to life”. The Copts – a Christian people of Egypt – retained the symbol in their depiction of the cross used in Christian churches.
The ankh symbol reflects Kofi Annan's primary goal with his work on behalf of the United Nations: to save and improve people’s lives. He bought the bracelet when he was stationed in Cairo with the Sinai peace-keeping forces.
In his book Interventions: A life in War and Peace, Annan describes his work in Egypt:
“I had been sent to Egypt as chief administrative officer for civilian personnel serving in the peacekeeping operation that was under way. The UN Emergency Force in Egypt (known as UNEF II) was stationed to supervise the withdrawal of forces from the Sinai Peninsula after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The job of the force was to demarcate the cease-fire line between the Egyptians and Israelis, and reinforce both parties’ confidence in the other’s commitment to the ‘line in the sand.’ The mission was beset with complications, as all peacekeeping operations were, which affected my work every single day: there were administrative and logistical challenges arising from a force made up of multiple troop-contributing nations, including Finland, Sweden, Peru, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Panama, and others. This meant multiple lines of command and logistics chains, numerous languages, clashes in military and administrative cultures, and irregular fluctuations in the size of the force, as different countries provided and withdrew troops at different times.”
Kofi Annan donated the bracelet to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2010. - Pristagare
- Kofi Annan
- Provenance
- 794 Nobel Museum Temporary
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