44 Kofi Annan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kofi Annan

Ghanaian Statesman

Born: Apr 8, 1938

Died: Aug 18, 2018

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We seriously have to question the motivation of those people referred to as climate change sceptics, who are denying the evidence of human-caused climate change and preventing us from moving forward by spreading disinformation and supporting unchecked carbon pollution. Kofi Annan

Change Moving Forward People Seriously Evidence Those Preventing Supporting Climate Climate Change Spreading Motivation Referred Question Denying Pollution Disinformation Moving Us Who Forward Carbon

The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. Kofi Annan

Human Being World Worth United Nations Every States Membership Almost Almost All Equal Principle Human Nations Being United Whose Founded

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. Kofi Annan

Women Equality More Development Countries Understood Prerequisite

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. Kofi Annan

Morning Wake Up Impact Could Leaders Spoken Sort Question Iraq Wake Questions Up After Happens Region Bombing

I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist. Kofi Annan

Will Born Remain Stubborn Am Optimist

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 and from further proliferation. Kofi Annan

Commitment Political Else Further Proliferation Dangers Weapons Above Both Arise Highest Highest Levels Reducing Existing Nuclear Levels Nuclear Weapons Need

I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it. Kofi Annan

War Darkest Think Fact Could Iraq Iraq War Stop Moment

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. Kofi Annan

Opportunity Relevant Security Security Council Comply Council New Iraq Resolutions

To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience. Kofi Annan

Experience Victim Somalia Some Became Extent

The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments. Kofi Annan

Borrow Troops Governments Any Them

One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king. Kofi Annan

Time Strength Character You King Move On Unless Say Come Move

When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate. Kofi Annan

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