Skip to content

Despite Quote by Kofi Annan

“My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to…” quote by Kofi Annan — Download Open image

“My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Despite Done Intimate Knowledge Obstacles Things done

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Image

In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At…

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…

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…

Image

I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.

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…

Image

Explore all 366 Kofi Annan quotes

More Despite quotes

The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,…

Image

Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on…

Image

If you perform your part, God will fulfill His. And once you put off specifically, you should just as thoroughly believe that God will…

Image

Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are…

William Saroyan

Image

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

Image

I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions…

Image

With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept…

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Image

As human beings, we aren't as individual as we'd like to believe we are. And I think that's what makes acting possible. Despite the…

Image

Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now…

Image

We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship…

Image

A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But lets remember that, despite being a poor country, Indias…

Image

Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As…

Image

Browse all 1,356 Despite quotes