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
It is my view that, rather than allowing this situation to deteriorate into a crisis, the Security Council should engage with the Iraqi authorities in order to resolve the problem,
I will appeal to the leaders that are coming here to really step up to the plate and accept the challenge and show leadership on this issue.
I would use this opportunity once again to urge President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi leadership to take the wise decision of resuming cooperation with UNSCOM and the atomic agency,
Once human-to-human transmission has been established, we would have only a matter of weeks to lock down the spread before it spins out of control,
He in turn affirmed to me that they are interested in serious and constructive negotiation, but within a time frame.
I have come here to see for myself what is happening and to discuss with the president and the prime minister what we can do together in the short and the long term.
By your agreement on the outcome document, these achievements will be locked in,
You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?
These figures are indicative of a steadily deteriorating trend and provide an important indicator of the absence of protection of the right to life which prevails at this time in Iraq,
If the new commitment to intervention in the face of extreme suffering is to retain the support of the world's peoples, it must be -- and must be seen to be -- fairly and consistently applied to, irrespective of region or nation. Humanity, after all, is indivisible,
Most of all, it must generate new momentum towards developing the economies and societies of poor countries, and transforming the lives of poor people,
I don't think that the United States government rushes to judgment until all the facts are in.
a citizen of the world in the fullest sense -- one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of every creed and color.
I suspect, whatever happens in the future, that kind of consultation will take place.