Kofi Annan Quotes About Community

Quotes about: Community

• I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

  Kofi Annan

  People, Community, Citizens

  Twitter post from May 31, 2016

• Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

  Kofi Annan

  Skills, Organization, Community

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide.

  Kofi Annan

  Community, Society, Age

• Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first
  international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the
  adoption of the first human rights laws and to the creation of the
  first human rights non-governmenta l organization. And yet despite
  the efforts of the international community to combat this abhorrent
  practice, it is still widely prevalent in all
  its insidious forms, old and new.

  Kofi Annan

  Real, Rights, Law

• Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

  Kofi Annan

  Family, Community, Political

• The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save lives and to rebuild communities. In this they joined countless people around the world who volunteer every day in response to 'silent crises'. These often unsung heroes understand all too well that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis.

  Kofi Annan

  Hero, Helping Others, Past

• ... the long-lasting humanitarian impact of these inhuman weapons continues to deny communities the opportunity to rebuild long after the end of the conflicts.

  Kofi Annan

  Opportunity, Impact, Long

• The interesting thing is, everybody focuses on the global warming as an environmental issue, as something outside our daily lives. But actually the impact of global warming is with us today. Communities are suffering. Communities in poor countries are the ones paying the price, they are not the ones who are polluting, and we need to help them adapt.

  Kofi Annan

  Country, Issues, Impact

  Source: www.global-leaders.tv

• One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war in Iraq. That really was very difficult and very painful. Every fibre in my body felt it was wrong. I spoke to leaders, we spoke to people, we tried... we couldn't stop it... and we see the results.

  Kofi Annan

  Regret, War, Iraq

  "Kofi Annan Calls Obama’s Libya Policy 'Not Very Helpful'" by Richard Grenell, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2011.

• There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls and the empowerment of women... When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier; they are better fed; their income, savings, and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is true of communities and, eventually, whole countries.

  Kofi Annan

  Girl, Country, Community

• I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.

  Kofi Annan

  Iraq, Long, Support

  "Iraq war illegal, says Annan". BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. September 16, 2004.

• There are a great number of peoples who need more than just words of sympathy from the international community. They need a real and sustained commitment to help end their cycles of violence, and launch them on a safe passage to prosperity.

  Kofi Annan

  Real, Commitment, Numbers

  Kofi Annan's Address, Presenting his Annual Report to General Assembly, www.un.org. September 20, 1999.

• The international community... allows nearly 3 billion people - almost half of all humanity - to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth.

  Kofi Annan

  People, Community, Humanity

  "Can Globalization Really Solve Our Problems?". Awake! Magazine, May 22, 2002.

• These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these challenges in their communities, volunteering to make a difference. They remain the true champions of our work towards the Millennium Development Goals.

  Kofi Annan

  Hero, Earthquakes, Differences

• You saw the traumas that people lived through, and wondered what it will take to move us as a human community, as humanity, to help in these dangerous situations.

  Kofi Annan

  Moving, Dangerous Situations, People

  "Kofi Annan on 40 Years Trying to End War, Promote Peace at the United Nations". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. September 17, 2012.

• These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

  Kofi Annan

  Community, Bears, Division

  "Kofi Annan on 40 Years Trying to End War, Promote Peace at the United Nations". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. September 18, 2012.

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin