Kofi Annan Quotes - Page 9

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• On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence

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  World, Violence, Conflict

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• I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.

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  Fighting, Thinking, People

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• Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not.

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  Water, Humanity, Survival

  "Is the World Running Out of Water?". Awake! magazine, June 22, 2001.

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• The UN doesn't work in a vacuum.

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  Vacuums

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• As we move forward, you cannot resolve the potential food crisis or shortages without science being part of the solution. Science has to be part of the solution but African governments - and these are decisions for governments, whether they embrace or do not embrace genetically modified food - and for the moment, most African companies do not accept genetically modified seeds.

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  Moving, Government, Decision

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• Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of halving world poverty by 2015 will be only a pipe dream.

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  Dream, Relief, Debt

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• On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts the ideal of peace.

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  Peace, Heart, Honor

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• 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.

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  Country, Issues, Impact

  Source: www.global-leaders.tv

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• When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries and their collective will to stand together and apply pressure or offer incentives to steer things in the right direction. When the nations of the world come together, with collective will, on an issue and they speak with a united voice, they have a much greater impact. When there is division, then the impact is much, much less.

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  Country, Voice, Issues

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Yehudi Menuhin was a citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of every creed and color.

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  Color, Empathy, Vision

  "Yehudi Menuhin Revered as Musician, Humanitarian / Admired by Einstein, gifted artist shared himself with the world" by Jesse Hamlin, www.sfgate.com. March 13, 1999.

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• A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities.

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  Freedom, World Government, Nwo

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• The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the Communist bloc. They did not envision the mass displacements of people we are seeing today.

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  War, People, Mind

  Source: www.accaglobal.com

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• Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.

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  Believe, Iraq, Generations

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• I can't think of a 30- or 40-year-old who can behave like Mugabe. They wouldn't even know where to begin, and given their own educational exposure, I think it will be very positive for Africa.

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  Educational, Thinking, Years

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• I did not always achieve what I set out to do. Nevertheless, my personal example certainly suggests that hands-on experience can be helpful to future leaders.

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  Hands, Leader, Example

  Source: www.accaglobal.com

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• 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.

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  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.

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• My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation. Ideally not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.

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  Two, People, Office

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• The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation where someone has been in power for decades, where the integrity of elections, democracy and security have really not been debated or discussed and most people suspect that elections are rigged and that the democratic rotation that elections are supposed to ensure doesn't really happen. And when this goes on for a while you are sitting on a powder keg.

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  Country, Integrity, Spring

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• Most people forget that even in Iraq, by the time the air and no-fly zone was established, the air defence system had been removed through the first Gulf war. All of them had been neutralised.

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  War, Air, Iraq

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• It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it.

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  Country, Thinking, Arrogance

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• We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain.

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  Running, Tired, Years

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• Revolution by its nature can not be overly programmed or directed. There are so many forces at work that you don't know where and how it all ends.

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  Revolution, Ends, Force

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• The young and dynamic and idealistic people in the square do not have the chance to organise themselves politically, to be able to follow through their dreams in six months time, to play an effective role in the future.

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  Dream, Squares, Play

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• Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

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  Sides, Action, Tough

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• Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

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  Army, Leader, Troops

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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