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
Ideally one would want to see a rapid-reaction force go in to assist, ... But this can only happen if those with capacity are prepared to offer.
I have come here to see for myself what is happening and to discuss with the president and the prime minister what we can do together in the short and the long term.
You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?
I suspect, whatever happens in the future, that kind of consultation will take place.
I would hope that what has happened does not foreclose moving ahead and working through the road map,
given what happened last week, and the tense situation we find ourselves in.
I walked in and shook hands and he asked what happened to the Egyptian,
It is very difficult to say what happens after the votes are counted,
and measures that ought to be taken to ensure what has happened this year does not happen in the future.
this is not going to be business as usual or a repeat of what happened in the past.
The UNMISET mandate implementation plan establishes milestones that will allow the Security Council to monitor the achievement of the mission's goals,
Guatemala is going through the most promising period of its recent history,
There will be a resolution, and I still hope it will be unanimous or approved by vast majority, ... This week may not be excluded.
I am in touch with several heads of state, ... We need money, police and troops. I hope not only France, but other states, and not only Security Council members, will help us.