881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.

We have started contingency planning to be ready if and when the decision is taken for us to go in.

Today let us hear the bell ring loud and clear and true to our conscience, ... Let it ring out a century of cruelty and destruction and let it ring in a millennium of hope and peace.

I came here to show support for all the millions of people in the world who stand to benefit if the Millennium Development Goals are reached, especially the children who will be saved from malaria or Aids, who will grow up healthy, go to school and have the chance to earn their living and enjoy life.

the United Nations will do whatever we can to help.

It was so brutal, so quick, and so extensive that we are still struggling to fully comprehend it.

Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts so that the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 'no one shall be held in slavery or servitude' - ring true.

We have started a new year with a singular chance to prove that our humanity is intact and well -- a chance to prove that when calamity strikes, we are equal to the task,

I don't think that the United States government rushes to judgment until all the facts are in.