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
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Perhaps that, too, holds a lesson for us: the lesson that divisions in the human community are not so insurmountable as we feared; that gaps of misunderstanding and material well-being can be bridged; and that we can ... join hands and unite for a better world,
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Terrible inequalities continue to scar our world. Too many people continue to suffer and die from poverty, conflict and disaster - despite all the means at our disposal to create and share wealth, protect people from the violence of man or nature, and deepen respect for the dignity of every human being,
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Mexico has made some strides (on human rights) ... but there is still some way to go,
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Massive and systematic violations of human rights -- wherever they make take place -- should not be allowed to stand,
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Today, the world has taken a step toward becoming a safer and more humane place, ... will have far-reaching implications for both mine-affected and mine-producing countries.
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I would be surprised if the United States would want to place themselves ... in that situation, of being the ones who are seen to be against the interests of the poor, as being the ones who want to ignore the needs and the human dignity of others,
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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,
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Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs,
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a new era of human rights in Iraq will now begin.
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This catastrophe has given a new, all too human meaning to the concept of a race against time. It will require a dramatic escalation on every front: more funding, more logistics, more manpower.
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In the short term, the most pressing issue is the continued existence of predatory armed groups, ... Although there is no easy military solution to this dangerous phenomenon, those guilty of the worst atrocities and human rights abuses -- and especially those guilty of genocide -- must not be allowed to escape unpunished.