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
These robust, versatile machines will enable children to become more active in their own learning,
I think it will be important to have them all here to discuss not only the peace process, but the implementation of the process and the action they need to take on the ground to make it really hold,
I am confident that the Security Council would be ready to take firm action if that was justified,
I am thankful that the resolution passed tonight, ... I hope we will move ahead with urgent and determined action to help the Liberian people.
I would expect the summit to come up with a program of action not just for the United Nations but also for the members states,
If they fail to agree on a common position and action is taken without the authority of the Security Council, the legitimacy and support to any such action will be seriously impaired, ... If, on the other hand, they can come together even at this late hour to address this threat in a united manner and they show compliance with the previous resolutions, then the council authority will be enhanced and the world will be a safer place.
No cause can justify such acts of terror,
Let there be no disguising the perilous state of earth, or pretending that conservation is too expensive when we know that the cost of failure to act is far greater,
This tragedy serves as a graphic reminder of the need for the parties to respect humanitarian law and provide security for all civilians, including the staff of international and non-governmental organizations active in the region,
We are taking very active measures to ensure that we do not have any more bad apples in that department, ... We are going to act very energetically to take measures to ensure that what happened does not happen again.
What's needed now is not more declarations or promises, but action, ... I believe my report provides a clear program of action.
We acted on the report as soon as it came out, ... This is not the end. It is the beginning and we'll act on the other branches of the report as they come out.
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,
No matter how difficult agreement is, there is no escaping the fact that the challenges of our time must be met by action and today, more than ever, action must be collective if it is to be effective.