Top 38 Quotes by Kofi Annan

In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.

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.

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

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?

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.