Conformity Quote by Kofi Annan

How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is not there;…

— Kofi Annan

The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security Council. Because…

— Kofi Annan

I have often said that we have two UNs; the UN that is a Secretariat, that implements the mandates handed over to it by…

— Kofi Annan

The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its members, and…

— Kofi Annan

When you have difficult issues on the table for discussion, then sometimes for Africa you may have Burundi or Gambia representing them on the…

— Kofi Annan

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

You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security.

— Condoleezza Rice

One of the real costs of the war is that our security is actually less than it otherwise would have been - ironic, since…

— Joseph Stiglitz

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

— Condoleezza Rice

The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international…

— Vladimir Putin

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long…

— Hans Blix

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and…

— Colin Powell