Ghanaian - Statesman | April 8, 1938 - August 18, 2018
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
Kofi Annan
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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.
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I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes.
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Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.
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What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.
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I think it is important to speak out.
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I think it is not just the U.N. speaking, but the concept of a third party, a third party to a conflict speaking out. You know, sometimes saying, 'Stop, this is enough. This cannot be allowed to happen,' gives the victims and the people who are caught in that situation courage, encouragement, support.
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The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country.
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Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
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We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.
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Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
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