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 are going to work with the Congolese people and the government to make sure we make progress and consolidate peace and stability.
We agreed that in this interdependent world we need the United Nations more than ever.
The promptness with which the government of Turkey has mobilized initial humanitarian aid has helped to mitigate the initial level of suffering,
the overall epidemic continues to expand with much of the world at risk of falling short of the targets set forth in the declaration.
The people and government of Pakistan are faced with an extraordinary challenge and we need to make an extraordinary effort to support them, ... What is needed is an immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort to support the work of the government of Pakistan.
We are determined to work with the government, with our NGO (non-governmental organization) partners and all the U.N. agencies here to ensure that all of those in need do get the help,
Two years ago, I declared that in my view no reform of the United Nations would be complete without reform of the Security Council. That is still my belief,
unhappily, both were found and have been documented in great detail.
Those who are responsible for the atrocities in East Timor must be held accountable, ... So, basically it is in the hands of Indonesia.
We don't have money as the U.N., but we'll come with some expertise and experience,
We are only two months into the agreement, and what we are looking for it long-term cooperation -- cooperation that will allow inspectors to do their work in an unrestricted manner.
Over eight years, we developed very good relations with President Clinton and Vice President Gore, and I look forward to developing the same relations with President-elect Bush,
Our systems have not kept pace with the operational demands being placed on us. This is an opportunity which may not occur again until another generation has passed.
They tried to impress upon him the seriousness of the situation and the fact that he's placing himself in a very difficult situation,