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
Many are living in sub-human conditions and they fear for their future,
security awareness ... did not match the hostile environment.
sent an important message to the world that there should be no impunity for genocide and crimes against humanity.
shocked to know that so many rich governments have given so little.
Simply put, what the United Nations wants is what the U.S. also wants: a reformed United Nations that is effective, efficient, leaner and relevant to the tasks that member states want to set for us, ... The world has changed and we have to change, we have to adapt and I have given my commitment to the president that I will pursue reforms.
Since Europe is going to foot quite a lot of the bill (for Kosovo's reconstruction) that would be right,
Millions of children and young people are already affected by the pandemic - including those infected through the most heart-reading from of transmission, mother to child,
Millions of children and adults are becoming infected, falling ill and dying without the barest essentials in medical treatment, counseling or social support,
Millions still live poor and isolated lives. Millions more have found their lives disrupted, even destroyed, by global economic forces they do not understand and cannot control,
Men can make a particular difference -- by being more caring, by taking fewer risks and by facing the issue of AIDS head-on.
Mr. Volcker has said that 'the findings do not make for pleasant reading,' and I agree.
Mr. de Soto's contacts with regional leaders, while not as complete as would have been desirable, nevertheless confirmed my concern that the new situation which had emerged following the developments of May, compounding as it does the longstanding causes of friction between India and Pakistan, may have serious implications for peace and security in the region and beyond,
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.