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
will make every effort by conducting an impartial inquiry with a view to bringing to justice those responsible.
will maintain a safe and secure environment, to enable them to cast their votes without fear of intimidation or violence.
Today, the world has taken a step toward becoming a safer and more humane place, ... will have far-reaching implications for both mine-affected and mine-producing countries.
thousands of villages have been burnt and more than a million people forced from their homes. In all about 1.3 million need immediate assistance.
We need to find a way of getting everybody to talk,
We need helicopters, trucks, heavy lifting equipment, shelter and health care, ... We need tarpaulins, ground sheets and stoves. We need water and sanitation equipment. We need food supplies.
Under the circumstances, it is difficult to envisage the United Nations operating with a large number of international staff inside Iraq in the near future unless there is an unexpected and significant improvement in the overall security situation,
We have not yet achieved the sweeping and fundamental reform that I and many others believe is required.
We have very clear requirements and if Iraq were to honor them, I think an invitation could be considered,
John took so long getting to the U.N. that we put him to work straight away, ... We threw him in at the deep end and he has been working ever since with the other ambassadors on the reform proposals.
It is essential that we remain alert to this hazard to avoid an increase in skin cancers, cataracts and other health threats,
It is essential that we look at all aspects of the (oil-for-food program) and try to streamline it, improve it and let it run more efficiently and effectively,
I think this is a once in a generation opportunity that we have to do this,
I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead.