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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We are taking a medium to longer term view rather than pulling out immediately after elections.
It is my view that, rather than allowing this situation to deteriorate into a crisis, the Security Council should engage with the Iraqi authorities in order to resolve the problem,
I'm confident that next year they will be able to get onto the commission and this situation will be corrected, ... I think they should work towards next year rather than wanting to punish the membership at large.
It is very easy to say why don't you resolve politically rather than putting troops. It is very easy to criticize, but it's not that simple.
There was never any intention on my part to make Mr. Hansen, Mary Robinson or Larsen part of the team, ... And so I found it rather unfortunate that there has been such public objection to their participation. The issue was never posed.
There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests.
I believe it is time for us to work together to try to stabilize Iraq, ... Our decisions should be unified rather than divisive, and I think we would not characterize the decision taken yesterday as unified.
All three of them are extraordinary international civil servants who have worked very hard within the spirit of the charter and ideals of the organization, and I'm rather disappointed that they have been attacked so publicly,
This will be our first encounter, ... I have no idea what sort of atmosphere it's going to be, what he is like, how he reacts. Obviously, this is going to be a very difficult discussion. It is an issue that has persisted for 10 years.
The practice differs widely, ... But at heart we are dealing with universal values: to be merciful, to be tolerant, to love thy neighbor.
The prevailing mood is one of optimism, ... The parties have proclaimed ... their determination to work together. At long last we can all sense a new wave of movement.
We've indicated quite clearly what the U.N. has achieved and has done since the passage of Resolution 1483. And we have also indicated and spelled out the areas where the U.N. can make further contributions.
We will ... develop measures to reinforce formal protection for whistle-blowers, ... I want to stress that I am fully committed to addressing the concerns that all of you have identified in this survey.
we wouldn't be here now but we are caught in a stalemate.