Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? Kofi Annan Read Quote
Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they’re under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N. Kofi Annan Read Quote
The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country. Kofi Annan Read Quote
Shifting towards low-carbon energy systems can avert climate catastrophe while creating new opportunities for investment, growth, and employment. Kofi Annan Read Quote
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. Kofi Annan Read Quote
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. Kofi Annan Read Quote
If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world’s people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will? Kofi Annan Read Quote
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. Kofi Annan Read Quote
There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole – women and men alike – than the one which involves women as central players. Kofi Annan Read Quote
I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow. Kofi Annan Read Quote
