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 do not want women, particularly poor women, around the world to suffer, so we are going to do whatever we can to try and bridge the gap until such time that the U.S. position changes,
Between now and 2050, the number of older persons will rise from about 600 million to almost two billion.
Blix until now has been guided by approved Security Council resolutions. If the council were to pass a new resolution giving him fresh guidelines, he will have to factor that in before he continues with his work, which will be up to the council ... to determine what the next stage will be.
Throughout this year, I have done everything in my power to ensure peaceful compliance with (U.N.) Security Council resolutions and to avert the use of force,
You have to have some hope, otherwise I wouldn't be getting into this exercise, ... It may take some time. I don't think we are going to have a miraculous breakthrough, but at least it's a beginning.
what to do when circumstances change and you need to move from one kind of operation to another.
What happens in the West Bank is very much on our mind, ... For us, the Quartet, it's Gaza first and then the next stage will be the West Bank, not Gaza first and Gaza last.
What happened with the African Union soldiers is completely unacceptable,
too early to say who's going to take charge and who's going to run the government.
everything possible to help Iraqis, if asked and as circumstances permit.
Every dollar, euro, or yen committed today will save lives. Every helicopter provided will rescue the injured, among them hundreds of children. Every shelter erected will save a family from the ravages of winter.
Every dollar, euro, or yen committed today will save lives, ... Every helicopter provided will rescue the injured, among them hundreds of children. Every shelter erected will save a family from the ravages of winter.
as I do with the other 190 ambassadors. And we will welcome him at a time when we are in the midst of major reform.
devoted tireless efforts to building the state and nation and, in so doing, earned the respect of the population.