Hédi Annabi was a Tunisian diplomat and longtime United Nations (UN) official. He dedicated over  thirty years of his life to humanitarianism and peacekeeping. He joined the UN in 1981 and held various  senior roles, including Director of the Africa Division and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping  Operations. In 2007, he was appointed by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative to be the Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).  He tragically lost his life during the Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2010. He is remembered by the  international community not only for his peacekeeping efforts but also for his tactful character.