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
I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead.
I am relieved that this saga is now over, ... I made it clear from the beginning that the boy belongs with his father.
Nuclear conflict remains a very real, and very terrifying possibility at the beginning of the 21st century, ... This is the stark reality confronting you today.
There are no winners, and there are no losers today, ... This moment heralds the opportunity for all East Timorese to begin to forge together a common future in what is to become an independent East Timor.
The question of independence has been raised, the question of autonomy has been raised, ... It is important that the discussion begins soon.
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.
This is the beginning of the process, not the end.
I think they are beginning to wake up. I will be able to make that judgement, let's say, by the end of Wednesday,
For the first time, we are seeing the emergence of a response to this deadly disease that begins to match the scale of the epidemic itself,
The council is beginning to look at these issues more critically and with a bit more of an open mind,
too early to say who's going to take charge and who's going to run the government.
We will take the measures to make sure poor and rich have access to the medications and the vaccines required,
The scale of this tragedy almost defies our darkest imagination. We meet today to prevent a second shockwave of deaths and to prevent further suffering.
The scale of this tragedy almost defies our darkest imagination, ... We meet today to prevent a second shockwave of deaths and to prevent further suffering.