881 Quotes by Kofi Annan

If globalization is to succeed, it must succeed for the poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It must provide social justice and equity no less than economic prosperity and enhanced communication.

If corruption is a disease, transparency is essential part of its treatment.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.

The message should be clear, climate change must take its place along those threats like conflict, poverty.

Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with the tools they need to live lives of security and dignity.

Refugees cannot be stopped, but they can and must be managed better, more humanely, protecting migrants' human rights whilst accepting states' rights to control their borders.

Man doesn’t know what he is capable of until he is asked.

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people.