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
I've had the chance to state my position clearly, which is that we need to build on international treaties and disarmament treaties which exist.
The big item missing is non-proliferation and disarmament. This is a real disgrace ... when we are all concerned with weapons of mass destruction and that they may get into the wrong hands,
The big item missing is non-proliferation and disarmament. This a real disgrace.
still have no policies to ensure that women have access to prevention and care.
Strong and energetic leadership is especially vital in all countries in Asia and Eastern Europe, where the opportunity to prevent the epidemic from becoming generalized is quickly vanishing.
The best peacekeeper is a well-trained soldier, and we would have liked to see some of the governments with capacity, with good armies and well-trained soldiers to participate,
It is vital that we turn this situation around and ensure that developing countries receive the financial resources they need,
It is vitally important that the security of all involved with the tribunal should be equally assured to ensure a trial free from intimidation and coercion,
It was on the American and British watch, ... They knew exactly what was going on. They decided to close their eyes.
It was foreseeable that some would choose to resist by force of arms.
It was so brutal, so quick, and so extensive that we are still struggling to fully comprehend it.
It will no doubt require long-term commitment on the part of the international community to see this process to a successful conclusion,
it will never be able to shut this country's free press up.
the urgency of breaking the cycle of violence.