Kofi Annan Quotes (18 quotations)
1. Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. - Kofi Annan
2. Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. - Kofi Annan
3. Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility. - Kofi Annan
4. 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? - Kofi Annan
5. In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples. - Kofi Annan
6. In today's world, no State, however powerful, can protect itself on its own. Likewise, no country, weak or strong, can realize prosperity in a vacuum. - Kofi Annan
7. It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. - Kofi Annan
8. Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. - Kofi Annan
9. More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. - Kofi Annan
10. National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. - Kofi Annan
11. Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. - Kofi Annan
12. The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. - Kofi Annan
13. The Secretary-General believes that, in promoting respect for the rule of law in international affairs, there is a need to consolidate and build upon existing disarmament and non-proliferation agreements, specifically to prevent a new arms race and to maintain the non-weaponized status of outer space. - Kofi Annan
14. We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. - Kofi Annan
15. We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. - Kofi Annan
16. We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. - Kofi Annan
17. We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. - Kofi Annan
18. 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. - Kofi Annan
2. Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. - Kofi Annan
3. Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility. - Kofi Annan
4. 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? - Kofi Annan
5. In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples. - Kofi Annan
6. In today's world, no State, however powerful, can protect itself on its own. Likewise, no country, weak or strong, can realize prosperity in a vacuum. - Kofi Annan
7. It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. - Kofi Annan
8. Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. - Kofi Annan
9. More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. - Kofi Annan
10. National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. - Kofi Annan
11. Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. - Kofi Annan
12. The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. - Kofi Annan
13. The Secretary-General believes that, in promoting respect for the rule of law in international affairs, there is a need to consolidate and build upon existing disarmament and non-proliferation agreements, specifically to prevent a new arms race and to maintain the non-weaponized status of outer space. - Kofi Annan
14. We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. - Kofi Annan
15. We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. - Kofi Annan
16. We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. - Kofi Annan
17. We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. - Kofi Annan
18. 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. - Kofi Annan
