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
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,
History will judge them harshly and their people will not absolve them, if they fail.
This is where it all began, ... This is where people first came together and said, 'We have to stand up and assert our independence, our uniqueness, our freedom and our dignity.'
The American people who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world, have now themselves suffered a grievous blow,
hundreds of thousands more people are likely to become displaced as the conflict spreads and the drought worsens in the next two or three months.
For people who went into Iraq with only the objective of assisting the people of Iraq to be killed in such a violent and senseless manner is something that none of us will ever comprehend,
I came here to show support for all the millions of people in the world who stand to benefit if the Millennium Development Goals are reached, especially the children who will be saved from malaria or Aids, who will grow up healthy, go to school and have the chance to earn their living and enjoy life.
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.
The lack of major gains here... would be a severe disappointment for poor people around the world yearning to lift themselves out of poverty.
Obviously some of the efforts are being made to improve the conditions of the Iraqi people and make sure that the sanctions do not harm them. But if Iraq were to turn off the taps, then we'll be in a very serious situation,
The Iraqi people have made their decision and have approved the draft constitution,
It seems at times like a nightmare from which we are still hoping to awake, except that for millions of people in 12 affected countries, spanning two continents, and for tens of thousands of visitors from nations around the world, this nightmare is devastatingly real,
Millions of children and young people are already affected by the pandemic - including those infected through the most heart-reading from of transmission, mother to child,
Any solution to the conflict must allow these unfortunate people to return voluntarily to their homes in full security and dignity,