Force Quote by Kofi Annan

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

Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping operations. He had the responsibilities in regards to the mounting and operation of peacekeeping missions…

— Romeo Dallaire

When a peacekeeping operation is deployed, it is in support of a political process, it is part of an integrated approach. It is there…

— Jean-Marie Guehenno

Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised…

— Michael McCaul

On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who serve selflessly,…

— Kofi Annan

When the US withdrew their troops from Somalia, I recall making a comment that [in] the way the peacekeepers had been withdrawn from Somalia,…

— Kofi Annan

Most governments only want to deploy a peacekeeping force where there is a peace agreement and there is peace to keep. They are very…

— Kofi Annan

I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job…

— Kofi Annan

The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was,…

— Kofi Annan

There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity…

— Kofi Annan

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

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

— Lee Child