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
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
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
It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on… — 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
The interesting thing is, everybody focuses on the global warming as an environmental issue, as something outside our daily lives. But actually… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You have to develop a certain healthy distance to allow you to keep a clear head, to be able to analyse the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If there is one area where equity is crucial and essential, I think it should be the issue of water. — 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
Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
