881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

It is the plight of the Iraqi people which is now my most immediate concern.

The United Nations is proud to have the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign as a partner.

I would want us all to put real collective pressure and sustain it on President Milosevic in the hope that we will get an agreement and he will understand the implications of any escalation,

The evidence of actual corruption among a small number of UN staff is also profoundly disappointing for all of us who work in the organization,

These were professionals, seeking to report on a bloody conflict that has already taken too many lives, ... They were doing what other journalists are doing around the world -- taking risks so that the rest of us can keep informed.

We are only two months into the agreement, and what we are looking for it long-term cooperation -- cooperation that will allow inspectors to do their work in an unrestricted manner.

It seems at times like a nightmare from which we are still hoping to awake, except that for millions of people in 12 affected countries, spanning two continents, and for tens of thousands of visitors from nations around the world, this nightmare is devastatingly real,

The essential part of the discussion, ... try and establish an Iraqi administration that would be responsible for running its own affairs -- and not so much for the U.N. to take over the management of Iraq.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition...