For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. Kofi Annan More Quotes by Kofi Annan More Quotes From Kofi Annan There is no trust more sacred than the Kofi Annan respect peace children Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right. Kofi Annan fundamentals water needs 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 community girl country Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Kofi Annan prowess threat poverty I have often said that we have two UNs; the UN that is a Secretariat, that implements the mandates handed over to it by the General Assembly and the Security Council, and the UN that is the member states who sit in the Council, take the decisions, hand over the mandates, or take decisions in the General Assembly. Kofi Annan decision two hands Intelligence can be used to manipulate. Kofi Annan manipulate used 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 support government moving 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 doe people world Depending on where you live, your threat is much different from the other person. If you ask a New Yorker today, because of the way the press plays it, he will say terrorism is his biggest fear. But for somebody living on a small island state, then it is climate change, the rise of the sea level, for his whole island may be washed away. If I go to southern Africa, they tell me it is HIV/AIDS and somewhere in Asia it is poverty. This is also why you will find it difficult to find agreements, because if you want someone to be concerned about your threat, then you should be concerned about his. Kofi Annan agreement sea play Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. Kofi Annan community skills organization The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them for decades and it's got the prisons filled with lots of young people who sometimes come out destroyed for having half an ounce... We should approach it through education and health issues rather than a brutal reaction... There is need for change in policy, but it has to start with debate and discussion... I think the whole approach has to be reviewed. Kofi Annan marijuana law thinking Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it in the face of such misery. We may need to wake up our conscience and our conscience must force us to act. Kofi Annan faces may thinking We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war. Kofi Annan family home war Most governments only want to deploy a peacekeeping force where there is a peace agreement and there is peace to keep. They are very hesitant about putting their men and women in harm's way. It is extremely difficult to get the troops if you do not have the consent of the country where you are deploying. Kofi Annan want men country HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue. Kofi Annan hiv issues development There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable. Kofi Annan horizon running way 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 helping-others hero past The gap between the rich and the poor cannot keep growing without nothing being done about it. Kofi Annan gaps growing done If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy. Kofi Annan jobs people thinking Children are our future, and their mothers are its guardians. Kofi Annan guardian mother children
