As I travel around the world, people think the only place where there is potential conflict [over] water is the Middle East,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to… — 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
When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Sometimes in peacekeeping operations you show force in order not to use force - people realise that there's a pushback and there's… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation:… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You saw the traumas that people lived through, and wondered what it will take to move us as a human community, as… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and… — 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
I've been around enough to realise that there are two things that once people have them, they don't want to give up,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If we get agriculture right in Africa, where most of the people now are working in that sector, not only would it… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And I hope that this choice and their… — 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
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