I don't see a situation where one side will win militarily, take over Syria, and there will be peace and quiet, a… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked. — 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
Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the… — 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
Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in… — 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… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. — Kofi Annan Copy Share
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
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
