We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world’s people share the benefits of globalization. Kofi Annan Read Quote
I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people… to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. Kofi Annan Read Quote
The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it. Kofi Annan Read Quote
If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won’t destroy economy. Kofi Annan Read Quote
Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. Kofi Annan Read Quote
I don’t share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes. Kofi Annan Read Quote
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. Kofi Annan Read Quote
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. Kofi Annan Read Quote
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan Read Quote
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. Kofi Annan Read Quote
