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
Desperation forces entire families to leave their homes, take their chances with bandits and the elements, and travel for days in the hope that help may be available to them,
Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs,
I am very grateful that the prime minister and the Cabinet decided not to stick to the deadline,
is a wonderful gesture and I hope it is a sign of things to come. It shows his belief in the organization and international cooperation, and I hope it will inspire the governments to pay what they owe.
I am not sure that they will be ready to refer (Iran) to the Security Council if the official report of the board has not been released and deliberated upon by the board and a decision taken.
Many challenges remain in combating impunity, particularly due to the limited capacity of civilian and military judicial authorities to carry out independent and thorough investigations and to provide protection to victims and witnesses,
security awareness ... did not match the hostile environment.
The council is beginning to look at these issues more critically and with a bit more of an open mind,
From the information that we have, I understand that they are well and well-treated,
Both rebels and government must understand that, if these incidents continue, it will impede humanitarian assistance and delivery.
create a serious financial crisis for the organization.
Libya has also agreed to a trial in a third country and believes that it ought to be possible to find answers to all other outstanding issues relating to this matter,
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.
Now we must decide whether it is possible to continue on the basis agreed then, or whether radical changes are needed.