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
In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?
Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is. . . . They will proudly go around and say, 'I ate crickets, I ate locusts, and they were delicious.'
In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering.
The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.
In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.
This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.
I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.
Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world
If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
Let us all reaffirm our commitment to improving the well- being of families throughout the world.
The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
The war on drugs has failed in West Africa and around the world