--- title: "22 International Quotes By Kofi Annan" description: "22 International quotes by Kofi Annan. Plus more from Kofi Annan and more International sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/kofi-annan-799_agreement_perhaps-the-single-most-successful-inter_1136355.png" --- > [Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/perhaps-the-single-most-successful-international-agreement-to-date/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/kofi-annan-799_agreement_perhaps-the-single-most-successful-inter_1136355.png) > [I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/i-hope-we-do-not-see-another-iraq-type-operation-for-a-long-time/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/kofi-annan-799_approval_i-hope-we-do-not-see-another-iraq-type-o_1076470.png) > [These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/these-divisions-in-the-international-community-the-syrians-bear-quite/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/kofi-annan-799_bears_these-divisions-in-the-international-com_1179598.png) > [International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/international-law-now-grants-rights-to-all-human-beings-not-only-to/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/kofi-annan-799_citizens_international-law-now-grants-rights-to-a_1129393.png) > [What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/what-governments-and-people-don-t-realise-is-that-sometimes-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/kofi-annan-799_also_what-governments-and-people-don-t-realis_2545785.png) > [On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/on-this-international-day-of-peace-let-us-dare-to-imagine-a-world/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/kofi-annan-799_conflict_on-this-international-day-of-peace-let-u_798939.png) > [On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/on-this-international-day-of-peace-let-us-all-honor-those-who-have/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/kofi-annan-799_heart_on-this-international-day-of-peace-let-u_1709050.png) > [There are a great number of peoples who need more than just words of sympathy from the international community. They need a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/there-are-a-great-number-of-peoples-who-need-more-than-just-words-of/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/kofi-annan-799_commitment_there-are-a-great-number-of-peoples-who_2857693.png) > [On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/on-this-international-literacy-day-let-us-recall-that-literacy-for/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/kofi-annan-799_achieve_on-this-international-literacy-day-let-u_171772.png) > [Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/human-beings-are-not-property-on-the-international-day-for-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/kofi-annan-799_abolition_human-beings-are-not-property-on-the-int_1918104.png) > [The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-security-council-should-be-seen-as-the-executive-committee-of-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/kofi-annan-799_committee_the-security-council-should-be-seen-as-t_741152.png) > [The international community... allows nearly 3 billion people - almost half of all humanity - to subsist on $2 or less a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-international-community-allows-nearly-3-billion-people-almost/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/kofi-annan-799_billion_the-international-community-allows-nearl_359665.png) > [The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-preservation-of-biodiversity-is-not-just-a-job-for-governments/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/kofi-annan-799_behaviour_the-preservation-of-biodiversity-is-not_2477809.png) > [Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/under-international-law-the-responsibility-for-protecting-civilians/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/kofi-annan-799_civilians_under-international-law-the-responsibili_2358070.png) > [Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/women-themselves-have-the-right-to-live-in-dignity-in-freedom-from/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/kofi-annan-799_dignity_women-themselves-have-the-right-to-live_1701785.png) > [On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/on-this-international-day-of-un-peacekeepers-let-us-pay-tribute-to/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/kofi-annan-799_building_on-this-international-day-of-un-peacekee_2710047.png) > [One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/one-of-my-biggest-regrets-was-the-fact-that-as-an-institution-and-an/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/kofi-annan-799_body_one-of-my-biggest-regrets-was-the-fact-t_955337.png) > [World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/world-health-day-is-an-opportunity-to-highlight-the-problem-but-above/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/kofi-annan-799_action_world-health-day-is-an-opportunity-to-hi_2504467.png) > [Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/human-rights-education-is-much-more-than-a-lesson-in-schools-or-a/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/kofi-annan-799_culture_human-rights-education-is-much-more-than_1516874.png) > [Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/slavery-was-in-a-very-real-sense-the-first-international-human-rights/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/kofi-annan-799_abhorrent_slavery-was-in-a-very-real-sense-the-fir_654808.png) > [You will recall that for months after 9/11, there was incredible support and sympathy for the US. I really hoped and wished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/you-will-recall-that-for-months-after-9-11-there-was-incredible/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/kofi-annan-799_found_you-will-recall-that-for-months-after-9_17421.png) > [Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/some-have-suggested-that-ideally-there-must-be-some-international/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/kofi-annan-799_arctic_some-have-suggested-that-ideally-there-m_33241.png) ## Other authors on International ## More by Kofi Annan > [All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/all-our-efforts-to-defeat-poverty-and-pursue-sustainable-development/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/un-peacekeeping-operations-are-now-increasingly-complex-and-multi/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-were-all-children-once-and-we-all-share-the-desire-for-the-well/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/you-will-recall-that-for-months-after-9-11-there-was-incredible/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/a-nation-has-the-right-to-defend-itself-but-when-it-comes-to-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/sometimes-when-you-take-a-tough-action-against-one-side-in-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/some-have-suggested-that-ideally-there-must-be-some-international/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/in-an-age-of-interdependence-global-citizenship-based-on-trust-and/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-knew-the-syrian-situation-was-complex-and-there-were-lots-of/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-question-is-the-morning-after-what-sort-of-iraq-do-we-wake-up-to/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/i-laugh-a-lot-inside-and-outside-and-at-myself-sometimes/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/can-the-state-which-represents-the-whole-of-society-and-has-the-duty/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/as-long-as-inequality-and-other-social-problems-plague-us-populists/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/developing-and-newer-democracies-are-much-more-susceptible-to-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) > [The young and dynamic and idealistic people in the square do not have the chance to organise themselves politically, to be able to follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-young-and-dynamic-and-idealistic-people-in-the-square-do-not-have/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/international/kofi-annan/#itemlist", "name": "22 International Quotes By Kofi Annan", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kofi Annan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/perhaps-the-single-most-successful-international-agreement-to-date/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/kofi-annan-799_agreement_perhaps-the-single-most-successful-inter_1136355.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/kofi-annan-799_agreement_perhaps-the-single-most-successful-inter_1136355.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/kofi-annan-799_agreement_perhaps-the-single-most-successful-inter_1136355.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.” — Kofi Annan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - 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