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In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more prof...

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Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ig...

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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every societ...

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We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments te...

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There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than ...

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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones ...

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Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping ...

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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begi...

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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they proba...

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On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem wa...

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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out...

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More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face ...

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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their childr...

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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking un...

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Interventions: A Life in War and Peace

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happen...

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Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bul...

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You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face ...

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Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of red...

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The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

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Kofi Annan

Diplomat

Born: 1938-04-08

Died: N/A

Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.More