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
I understand and share their anguish. But it cannot justify violence, least of all attacks on innocent people.
The secretary-general has become aware of the fact that UNSCOM directly facilitated the creation of an intelligence collection system for the United States in violation of its mandate,
The Secretary-General expressed full understanding on the issue,
the United Nations will do whatever we can to help.
The United Nations needs U.S. leadership, but the U.S. also needs the United Nations, ... We look forward to working with you and the administration in ensuring that the U.S. is ... back in the fold with the question of arrears, behind us as we move ahead in strengthening and reshaping this organization.
The whole of the international community has come together to reaffirm the integrity of Macedonia. They (rebels) should understand the methods they have used are neither an acceptable nor credible way of achieving their objectives.
These are universal crimes, so the perpetrators ought to be put on notice that they will be held accountable, whoever they are, ... It is not just the field commanders, but also some of the leaders who are giving the orders, who may also be held accountable.
.... Press freedom, right to information and freedom of expression in Nepal are in serious danger and thus deserve to be a special agenda in the upcoming UN General Assembly.
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,
We do not want women, particularly poor women, around the world to suffer, so we are going to do whatever we can to try and bridge the gap until such time that the U.S. position changes,
Blix until now has been guided by approved Security Council resolutions. If the council were to pass a new resolution giving him fresh guidelines, he will have to factor that in before he continues with his work, which will be up to the council ... to determine what the next stage will be.
The tragedy of Srebrenica will forever haunt the history of the United Nations
We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three years? Will the population accept this even though they haven't had a chance to vote for 40 years?
When states decide to use force, not in self-defense but to deal with broader threats to international peace and security, there is no substitute for the unique legitimacy provided by the Security Council,