Quotes by Kofi Annan

About Kofi Annan:

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." He is the founder and the Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as being the chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela.
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We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.

Kofi Annan

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

Kofi Annan

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

Author Bio

  • NameKofi Annan
  • Description7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • AliasesKofi Atta Annan
  • BornApril 8, 1938
  • CountryGhana
  • ProfessionDiplomat; Economist; Politician
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Kora Awards; Order Of The Star Of Romania; Order Of The Star Of Ghana; Decoration Of Honour For Services To The Republic Of Austria; Grand Merit Cross Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George; ; ; Confucius Peace Prize; Bruno Kreisky Award; Olof Palme Prize; Indira Gandhi Prize; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal; Philadelphia Liberty Medal; Eleanor Roosevelt Award For Human Rights; Freedom Award; North–South Prize; Sakharov Prize; Profile In Courage Award