Who among the following gave the famous quote lsquo Knowledge is power Information is liberati...........

Who among the following gave the famous quote: ‘Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress in every society, in every family.’?

Ban Ki Moon

Antonio Guterres

Kurt Waldheim

None of the above

Explanation:

Fourth option is correct.

Kofi Annan, the former UN GS and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said the above statement. He passed away this week. He was the first black African to be the UNGS and also first to be elected from UN Staff itself. He was born in 1938 in Kumasi then Gold Coast and now Ghana. His achievements include:
1.   Reformed the UN Bureaucracy
2.   Passionate advocate of human rights and played crucial role in formation of UN Peace Commission and Human Rights Council.
3.   Pivotal role in formation of Global Fund to fight AIDS, Malaria, TB during his term at UN.
4.   In 1999 launched UN Global Compact Initiative - world’s largest effort to promote CSR.
5.   2001 Nobel Peace prize shared by UN.
6.   2016 appointed to lead the UN commission to investigate Rohingya crisis.