881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

creative way of approaching the issue and you may wish to share it widely.

When it comes to peacekeeping, the U.N. can be there and on time, well-equipped and ready to act, if those member states with capacity -- and which help take the decisions -- would also participate in these operations, ... Where the will is not there, and the resources are not made available, the U.N. peacekeepers will arrive late.

But while some countries produce more than they need to feed their people, others do not, and many of these cannot afford to import enough to make up the gap.

and vulnerable to psychological as well as physical insecurities.

As we move forward, we hope we will be able to work with the Iraqis and the coalition to find a mechanism for establishing a caretaker or an interim government until such time elections are organized,

The death toll from small arms dwarfs that of all other weapons systems — and in most years greatly exceeds the toll of the atomic bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In terms of the carnage they cause, small arms, indeed, could well be described as 'weapons of mass destruction'.

If the trial does not go forward as planned, (the U.N. Security Council) may revert to an international tribunal, ... It is essential that those who committed the atrocities be brought to justice.

when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.