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
I have tried to put together a team with considerable experience, a team familiar with humanitarian issues,
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.
I think the important thing, ... is the council stood together and insisted Iraq rescind its decision before any other reviews can be undertaken.
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,
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.'
peoples look to you to solve problems, expect you to work together as governments ... with other institutions.
The whole of the international community has come together to reaffirm the integrity of Macedonia. They (rebels) should understand the methods they have used are neither an acceptable nor credible way of achieving their objectives.
Malaria can be beaten, the means exist. Together we can change the world and prolong the vast movement of solidarity reflected in this evening's concert,
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.
The best peacekeeper is a well-trained soldier, and we would have liked to see some of the governments with capacity, with good armies and well-trained soldiers to participate,
I think is it is very important that the Iraqi parliament reversed itself, because that decision was patently inappropriate and we made that clear to them,