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From Quotes by Kofi Annan
- Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons…
- Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed…
- The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more…
- Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate…
- The death toll from small arms dwarfs that of all other weapons systems — and in most years greatly exceeds the toll of the atomic…
- I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations is the instrument…
- Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with…
- On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who serve selflessly, tirelessly…
- On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts the ideal of…
- From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict…
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and…
- Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in from the margins…
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition...
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and…
- Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline.
- Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended.…
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
- People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which…
- The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice. That foundation…
- It may seem sometimes as if a culture of peace does not stand a chance against the culture of war, the culture of violence and…
- No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young…
- ...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights.…
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and…
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