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
If they sat and discussed frankly and openly, I think we will be able to find a solution,
They either consider the flood gates are open and they can come with their own amendments or they should hold the line and not move and so they place technical blocks on key aspects of the proposal.
As chief administrative officer, I have to take responsibility for the failings revealed.
Simply put, what the United Nations wants is what the U.S. also wants: a reformed United Nations that is effective, efficient, leaner and relevant to the tasks that member states want to set for us, ... The world has changed and we have to change, we have to adapt and I have given my commitment to the president that I will pursue reforms.
In a world of intense economic competition, shifting populations and shrinking distances, the pressures of living together with people of different cultures and different beliefs from one's own are very real,
pushing things toward one direction and issue, which is the inspection teams, while ignoring other related matters such as the questions which require answers.
nearly half of them will have to survive on $2 a day or less.
I intend to be present when the report is submitted to the council.
The coalition has indicated to me that they will do the maximum to protect the teams that are going to work in Iraq, so I think that, from here, in a few days, the teams will be ready to travel and to start work,
It is essential that we remain alert to this hazard to avoid an increase in skin cancers, cataracts and other health threats,
A grave responsibility falls on the international community.
only normal that governments now want to be involved in Internet governance.
I am especially troubled by instances in which U.N. peacekeepers are alleged to have sexually exploited minors and other vulnerable people,
I admit and regret that sometimes his words are undiplomatic,