Kofi Annan Quotes
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You have said that your first priority is the eradication of extreme poverty.
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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
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Shifting towards low-carbon energy systems can avert climate catastrophe while creating new opportunities for investment, growth, and employment.
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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
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It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
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The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
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The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments.
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
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Change is a process which has to be managed.
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If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?
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We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
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Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.
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Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.