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 submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances to call upon the US authority and the present government of Iraq to review the legal status of the present court and to reallocate the present court outside Iraq, i.e. The Hague, Netherlands,
Today I ask all the parties to bring to an end the violence that for 24 years has caused untold suffering to East Timor,
To extend their frustration beyond that and punish the entire organization would be wrong, and I think it would be counterproductive,
Hard as it will be, we must find ways of structuring that co-existence, or we will never be able to stop viruses migrating from animals to us -- and to our children,
well beyond the scope of the powers vested in the Great Council.
When it comes to peacekeeping, the U.N. can be there and on time, well-equipped and ready to act, if those member states with capacity -- and which help take the decisions -- would also participate in these operations, ... Where the will is not there, and the resources are not made available, the U.N. peacekeepers will arrive late.
when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.
When it comes to Iraq, on this issue, no one is entirely covered in glory,
When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America, ... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test.
which are internationally accepted and which have the broad support of member states and civil society.
We received some resources, but need much, much more to be able to help the people,
The Americans are usually very generous in assisting in other crises,
The American people who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world, have now themselves suffered a grievous blow,
The amount asked for is small compared to the cost of a pandemic we are not ready for.