Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annanis a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." He is the founder and the Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as being the chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela...
NationalityGhanaian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 April 1938
CityKumasi, Ghana
CountryGhana
We need to be able to work to resolve it, and I hope there will be no steps taken to escalate the situation.
let us be frank with each other, and the peoples of the United Nations. We have not yet achieved the sweeping and fundamental reform that I, and many others, believe is required. Sharp differences, some of them substantive and legitimate, have played their part in preventing that.
made it quite clear that the United Nations cannot condone the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq.
Liberia today is poised between hope and disaster,
Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs,
Let us not be deceived when we look at a clear blue sky into thinking that all is well. All is not well,
Let me be absolutely clear: the United Nations does not want to take over, police or otherwise control the Internet,
I had hoped that some of those with the capacity would go to the assistance of those who are in there doing the bidding of the Security Council and the U.N.,
I have argued for quite a long time that we should define humanitarian assistance in a broad enough manner to allow for assistance and repairs to electricity and heating systems and water for people through the winter, ... Otherwise we will have another humanitarian crisis on our hands.
I have been gratified by the clear determination expressed by NATO and its member governments to prevent a further escalation of the fighting, and I encourage all steps that may deter the further use of ethnically driven repression and the resort to violence by either side in Kosovo,
I have indications from both sides that they are prepared to continue the search for a solution,
If Iraq were to break the agreement, it would be much easier to get an agreement in the council to take military action,
If Iraq's defiance continues, the Security Council must face its responsibilities,
I did not influence, or attempt to influence, the procurement process.