--- title: "22 Needs Quotes By Kofi Annan" description: "22 Needs quotes by Kofi Annan. Plus more from Kofi Annan and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/kofi-annan-799_africa_you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-w_2282266.png" --- > [You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-women-in-african-politics/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/kofi-annan-799_africa_you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-w_2282266.png) > [We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-don-t-need-any-more-promises-we-need-to-start-keeping-the-promises/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/kofi-annan-799_keeping-promises_we-don-t-need-any-more-promises-we-need_418410.png) > [We need to ensure the poorest in the planet - who will be hardest hit by the financial crisis - are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-need-to-ensure-the-poorest-in-the-planet-who-will-be-hardest-hit/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/kofi-annan-799_crisis_we-need-to-ensure-the-poorest-in-the-pla_1207364.png) > [Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/each-crisis-is-different-has-its-own-specificities-and-we-need-to/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/kofi-annan-799_crisis_each-crisis-is-different-has-its-own-spe_1147818.png) > [Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/access-to-safe-water-is-a-fundamental-human-need-and-therefore-a/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/kofi-annan-799_access_access-to-safe-water-is-a-fundamental-hu_2607698.png) > [You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/you-need-to-be-careful-not-to-over-reach-and-also-assess-the-capacity/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/kofi-annan-799_be-careful_you-need-to-be-careful-not-to-over-reach_2520962.png) > [Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/beneath-the-surface-of-states-and-nations-ideas-and-language-lies-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/kofi-annan-799_beneath-the-surface_beneath-the-surface-of-states-and-nation_313180.png) > [The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-future-of-peace-and-prosperity-that-we-seek-for-all-the-world-s/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/kofi-annan-799_cybersecurity_the-future-of-peace-and-prosperity-that_98724.png) > [Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/asked-whether-donor-nations-may-be-becoming-fatigued-the-fatigue-may/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/kofi-annan-799_becoming_asked-whether-donor-nations-may-be-becom_702803.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) > [We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-must-ensure-that-the-global-market-is-embedded-in-broadly-shared/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/kofi-annan-799_benefits_we-must-ensure-that-the-global-market-is_458950.png) > [The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-fight-against-hiv-aids-requires-leadership-from-all-parts-of/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/kofi-annan-799_aids_the-fight-against-hiv-aids-requires-lead_2775799.png) > [We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-need-to-create-a-world-that-is-equitable-that-is-stable-and-a/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/kofi-annan-799_bears_we-need-to-create-a-world-that-is-equita_2607260.png) > [If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/if-our-hopes-of-building-a-better-and-safer-world-are-to-become-more/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/kofi-annan-799_building_if-our-hopes-of-building-a-better-and-sa_2987302.png) > [The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-main-point-in-our-report-was-to-recommend-decriminalization/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/kofi-annan-799_approach_the-main-point-in-our-report-was-to-reco_2797329.png) > [The interesting thing is, everybody focuses on the global warming as an environmental issue, as something outside our daily lives. But actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-interesting-thing-is-everybody-focuses-on-the-global-warming-as/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/kofi-annan-799_climate_the-interesting-thing-is-everybody-focus_986281.jpg) > [To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/to-look-into-some-aspects-of-the-future-we-do-not-need-projections-by/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/kofi-annan-799_aspect_to-look-into-some-aspects-of-the-future_1640321.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) > [We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/we-need-to-promote-greater-tolerance-and-understanding-among-the/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/kofi-annan-799_dangerous_we-need-to-promote-greater-tolerance-and_2100455.jpg) > [The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/the-future-of-peace-and-prosperity-that-we-seek-for-all-the-world-s-2/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/kofi-annan-799_cybersecurity_the-future-of-peace-and-prosperity-that_1443334.png) > [I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/i-believe-that-our-world-needs-an-instrument-of-global-action-as/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/kofi-annan-799_action_i-believe-that-our-world-needs-an-instru_2292724.jpg) > [Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/let-us-choose-to-unite-the-power-of-markets-with-the-authority-of/) [Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/kofi-annan-799_authority_let-us-choose-to-unite-the-power-of-mark_1681894.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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/needs/kofi-annan/#itemlist", "name": "22 Needs Quotes By Kofi Annan", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kofi Annan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-women-in-african-politics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/kofi-annan-799_africa_you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-w_2282266.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/kofi-annan-799_africa_you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-w_2282266.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/kofi-annan-799_africa_you-need-younger-men-in-africa-men-and-w_2282266.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.” — Kofi Annan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don’t need any more promises. 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