What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The international community... allows nearly 3 billion people - almost half of all humanity - to subsist on $2 or less a… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
There are a great number of peoples who need more than just words of sympathy from the international community. They need a… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all… — 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
Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You will recall that for months after 9/11, there was incredible support and sympathy for the US. I really hoped and wished… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war… — 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
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
