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
The sheer size of this creature humbles us, ... It tells us that the Earth is not ours, but a treasure we hold in trust for future generations.
Can I trust Saddam Hussein? I think I can do business with him.
I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations is the instrument for securing peace and for giving people everywhere, in poorer countries as in richer, a real stake in that peace by promoting development and encouraging cooperation. But the United Nations is only an instrument, an actor in need of props and cues from its directors, And so I will paraphrase Winston Churchill: Give us the tools-the trust, the authority and the means-and we will do the job.
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.
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.
The scale of this tragedy almost defies our darkest imagination,
The scale of this achievement seems to have been missed by some, ... So let's make sure we live up to our promises to the world's poor.
I very much welcome this. I think it is a good resolution in itself -- no less important is the fact that it has been adopted unanimously,
It would be odd that suddenly they endorse it.
I understand and share their anguish. But it cannot justify violence, least of all attacks on innocent people.
It was the president's decision, and I think he exercised his prerogative,
These robust, versatile machines will enable children to become more active in their own learning,