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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The secretary-general hopes that the tribunal will uphold the international standards of justice necessary to ensure its legitimacy, fairness and independence.
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During this election period, maybe there are certain proposals or issues that can not be pushed, and things are going to be at a standstill for a while ... I hope that these elections will go smoothly and we can get back to pressing the parties on the peace process.
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We must not promise too much or raise expectations higher than are justified by the will of governments to act, but we must do whatever we can to raise the standards of international behavior and responsibility. I think we can only hope to succeed in that if we have a very clear idea of what was wrong up to now.
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When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America, ... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test.
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This is where it all began, ... This is where people first came together and said, 'We have to stand up and assert our independence, our uniqueness, our freedom and our dignity.'
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Unless this poll adheres to internationally accepted standards of conduct and participation, it may be difficult for the international community, including the countries of the region, to endorse the result,
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Whatever our differences, in our interdependent world, we stand or fall together, ... Even the strongest among us cannot succeed alone...We cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.
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I came here to show support for all the millions of people in the world who stand to benefit if the Millennium Development Goals are reached, especially the children who will be saved from malaria or Aids, who will grow up healthy, go to school and have the chance to earn their living and enjoy life.
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You will agree to establish a Peace building Commission, backed by a support office and a fund, ... This will mark a new level of strategic commitment to one of the most important contributions the United Nations makes to international peace and security. You will also agree to create a standing police capacity for the United Nations peacekeeping operations.
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National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
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We will take the measures to make sure poor and rich have access to the medications and the vaccines required,
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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.
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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.