Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline; it is condemned… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It is tragic that so few young people in Western democracies vote. They have forgotten that their ancestors fought for the right… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Young people - with their dynamism, their energy and their inherent understanding of our interconnected world - have much to teach us.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have… — 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
