My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation… — 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
As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
