Kofi Annan Quotes

Biography: Kofi Annan is renowned for his tenure as the 7th Secretary-General of ... more Biography: Kofi Annan is renowned for his tenure as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Born in Ghana, he was a co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for revitalizing the UN and championing human rights. Annan's legacy includes efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and reforms in peacekeeping. less

"When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life""Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace""The only way to deal with this problem is through dialogue, through negotiation, and through compromise, which will bring us all together""You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done""We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race""The happiness of any society begins with the well-being of the families that live in it""There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women""To justify their decision to kill, the terrorists have always tried to argue that they stand in a direct line of descent from Napoleon, the Founding Fathers, o""Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is""The world is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations""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""Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family""If we can come up with innovative and creative solutions, we can indeed survive and we can thrive""We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children""To live is to choose, but to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there"

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