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
will maintain a safe and secure environment, to enable them to cast their votes without fear of intimidation or violence.
well beyond the scope of the powers vested in the Great Council.
When it comes to peacekeeping, the U.N. can be there and on time, well-equipped and ready to act, if those member states with capacity -- and which help take the decisions -- would also participate in these operations, ... Where the will is not there, and the resources are not made available, the U.N. peacekeepers will arrive late.
when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.
When it comes to Iraq, on this issue, no one is entirely covered in glory,
When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America, ... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test.
such a system could run counter to efforts to halt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Such acts of provocation and vandalism will not deter the U.N. mission in East Timor from fulfilling its obligations,
Some of the critics will never stop, but reasonable men and women will know that we've done everything we can to find the truth and are going to take steps to correct that.
Some governments have made it clear that next time around there may not even be time for diplomatic appeals,
My people there are not complaining about the coordination.
Many governments, as well as representatives of civil society around the world, have urged her to reconsider,
Let me say that the U.N. resolution, the recent one which was passed on Syria, does not threaten sanctions,
Let me say that I don't think that the Council will say this is in contravention of the resolution of the Security Council,