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
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,
Malaria can be beaten, the means exist. Together we can change the world and prolong the vast movement of solidarity reflected in this evening's concert,
I came to listen and explore ways and means of intensifying the diplomatic efforts and try to achieve the objectives that have been set,
When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.
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.
It holds the promise of major advances in economic and social development, but perhaps most important is the true meaning of one laptop per child,
If member states are going to get a meaningful outcome, there will need to be more give and take.
This is a house of peace and we work in the interest of all nations and this kind of activity is not something that anyone can condone, ... I appeal to them to desist and use other means to raise their complaints.
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development... For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
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.