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
Every dollar, euro, or yen committed today will save lives, ... Every helicopter provided will rescue the injured, among them hundreds of children. Every shelter erected will save a family from the ravages of winter.
Continued efforts in this direction will be necessary in devising 'a road map' for implementation of the agreement just reached.
firmly convinced that the best interests of Ecuador and its people can only be served through the maintenance of constitutional order and the rule of law.
I think they are beginning to wake up. I will be able to make that judgement, let's say, by the end of Wednesday,
they have to perform and keep their promises that they gave to the international community, or they would face further consequences, including sanctions.
That is why a healthy, effective United Nations is so vital.
The lack of major gains here... would be a severe disappointment for poor people around the world yearning to lift themselves out of poverty.
If the trial does not go forward as planned, (the U.N. Security Council) may revert to an international tribunal, ... It is essential that those who committed the atrocities be brought to justice.
At this stage the European Union is not involved,
The issue is not the acceptance, but the performance on the ground,
The Iraqi population showed incredible courage, going to vote in large numbers despite the security situation on the ground,
immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort.
I urge you to pursue with even greater determination this people's crusade that Princess Diana did so much to promote, ... has robbed our global cause of one of its most compelling voices.
I would expect the summit to come up with a program of action not just for the United Nations but also for the members states,