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
President Chirac has shown real leadership in efforts to find innovative sources of financing to help the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
devoted tireless efforts to building the state and nation and, in so doing, earned the respect of the population.
Continued efforts in this direction will be necessary in devising 'a road map' for implementation of the agreement just reached.
We must redouble our efforts in working toward a world free of nuclear dangers, and ultimately, of nuclear weapons,
will make every effort by conducting an impartial inquiry with a view to bringing to justice those responsible.
I came to listen and explore ways and means of intensifying the diplomatic efforts and try to achieve the objectives that have been set,
I wish to stress that the United Nations is eager to be at your side in the efforts to resolve the problems of your country and the region on the basis of universal principles of peace, justice and human rights,
Obviously some of the efforts are being made to improve the conditions of the Iraqi people and make sure that the sanctions do not harm them. But if Iraq were to turn off the taps, then we'll be in a very serious situation,
Tangible results are yet to be achieved in these two fields, and I will continue my efforts in this regard,
The people and government of Pakistan are faced with an extraordinary challenge and we need to make an extraordinary effort to support them, ... What is needed is an immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort to support the work of the government of Pakistan.
There seem to be efforts coming from Lebanese territory to deliberately create instability along the Blue Line,
I think we need a clear global understanding of the threats and challenges that we all have to face, because to neglect any one of them might fatally undermine our efforts to confront the others.
such a system could run counter to efforts to halt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
But I hope the work that has been done will not be wasted and that the people of Cyprus -- both Turkish and Greeks -- will see an advantage in pursuing this effort and bringing it to a fruitful conclusion.