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 suspect, whatever happens in the future, that kind of consultation will take place.
I suspect there will be lots of criticism.
I think it is important that the leaders stay the course.
I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,
I think it is wonderful news, what is coming out of Islamabad, and I am extremely happy that the talks are taking place.
I think it is possible to get a compromise resolution,
I think is it is very important that the Iraqi parliament reversed itself, because that decision was patently inappropriate and we made that clear to them,
It appears that the United States will squeak by, paying just enough to avoid losing its vote in the General Assembly. While the United States will avoid this fate for this year, on the larger question - its legal commitment and its moral obligation
Most of all, it must generate new momentum towards developing the economies and societies of poor countries, and transforming the lives of poor people,
Mexico has made some strides (on human rights) ... but there is still some way to go,
will consume far more of our energy in the years ahead.
will be to consolidate and facilitate the cease-fire.
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,
will require sacrifices by both sides and parallel steps from both sides.