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 think we need a clear global understanding of the threats and challenges that we all have to face, because to neglect any one of them might fatally undermine our efforts to confront the others.
I understand and share their anguish. But it cannot justify violence, least of all attacks on innocent people.
I think it is important that the leaders stay the course.
I think it is possible to get a compromise resolution,
Hard as it will be, we must find ways of structuring that co-existence, or we will never be able to stop viruses migrating from animals to us -- and to our children,
It is vitally important that the security of all involved with the tribunal should be equally assured to ensure a trial free from intimidation and coercion,
I suspect there will be lots of criticism.
It's necessary for everyone to renounce violence and get to the negotiation table, ... The fighting must stop and dialogue must begin.
The issue is not the acceptance, but the performance on the ground, ... So let the inspectors go in, and I urge the Iraqis to cooperate with them and to perform, and I think that is the real test we are waiting for.
It is also encouraging that the leaders and countries around the world have concluded that whatever solution one finds must be legitimized through the Security Council.
In already unstable societies, this cocktail of disasters is a sure recipe for more conflict,
The big item missing is non-proliferation and disarmament. This a real disgrace.
It has only been a week, obviously the cooperation seems to be good, but this is not a one week wonder,
He (Karimov) said he had the situation under control and was taking every measure to bring those responsible to account and didn't need an international team to establish the facts,