Kofi Annan Quotes
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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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Today I want to talk particularly about five lessons I have learnt in the last 10 years, during which I have had the difficult but exhilarating role of Secretary General.
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I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.
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Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and respect for human rights.
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You have said that your first priority is the eradication of extreme poverty.
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Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like?
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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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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
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The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments.
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What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.
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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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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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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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Change is a process which has to be managed.