To go to war without the Security Council will not be in conformity with the Council. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people achieve their legitimate goal of an end to… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
No nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy over all others. We all share responsibility for each other's security, and only… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I have often said that we have two UNs; the UN that is a Secretariat, that implements the mandates handed over to… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When you have difficult issues on the table for discussion, then sometimes for Africa you may have Burundi or Gambia representing them… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated. — Kofi Annan Copy Share
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
You will recall that for months after 9/11, there was incredible support and sympathy for the US. I really hoped and wished they had… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. — Kofi Annan Copy Share
Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
The young and dynamic and idealistic people in the square do not have the chance to organise themselves politically, to be able to follow… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
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