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
And I hope this issue will be handled in a manner that will not escalate. I rely on the wisdom of the two countries to find a way out.
Although the incident is under investigation, it appears that the killer was lynched by the surrounding people,
There seem to be efforts coming from Lebanese territory to deliberately create instability along the Blue Line,
a technical exercise, a juridical exercise, and we need to keep it pure.
As we move forward, we hope we will be able to work with the Iraqis and the coalition to find a mechanism for establishing a caretaker or an interim government until such time elections are organized,
As we move forward into the future, the role of the United Nations in legitimizing a military presence on the ground, and giving it a mandate, and allowing it to operate, becomes absolutely essential,
All of us would have wanted more, but we can work with what we have been given ... It is an important step forward,
a clear set of recommendations on how to do better in the future.
that they (the Iraqis) are prepared to engage me constructively.
The model of development we are accustomed to has been fruitful for few and flawed for many. A path to prosperity that ravages the environment and leaves a majority of humankind behind in squalor will soon prove to be a dead-end road for everyone.
You've heard the phrase it's a race against time. Indeed we are. In the next few weeks the snow will come, it will get extremely cold and there are some people in the open without shelter and we really need to get assistance to them. We need the support of governments, the private citizens, private sector and anyone who can spare a euro, a pound or a dollar.
Your proposal to broaden the scale of debt swaps would help provide debt relief and release additional funds for financing sustainable activities that are key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals,
They either consider the flood gates are open and they can come with their own amendments or they should hold the line and not move and so they place technical blocks on key aspects of the proposal.
They are concerned about the Iraqi population and civilian casualties. They are also anxious that assistance should get to the cities and to the people as soon as possible. But of course, they are worried as to how all this is going to turn out, which nobody really knows.