Kofi Annan quote: "Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world."

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than ...
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The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the...
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We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments te...
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National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But...
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If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.
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If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.
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If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first dec...
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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
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The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
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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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We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will...
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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
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We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflec...
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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where yo...
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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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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones ...
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In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
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We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one ...
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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 Palestinian Authority seems to believe that failing to act against terrorism, and inducing turmo...
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All is not well. Science tells us that if we do not take the right action now, climate change will b...
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The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly c...
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Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from natio...
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Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with...
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These robust, versatile machines will enable children to become more active in their own learning,
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Unless the differences within the transitional federal institutions are addressed, the current polit...
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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
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Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility.
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We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflec...
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The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people ach...
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every societ...
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they proba...
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There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers ...
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The tragedy of Srebrenica will forever haunt the history of the United Nations
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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...
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It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
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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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Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their na...
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On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a proble...
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Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping ...
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If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch ...
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Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ig...
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When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the ...
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The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political sys...
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I have come here to see for myself what is happening and to discuss with the president and the prime...
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extremely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating situation.
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They often lack simple and fundamental information that is crucial to their safety. As we know, in t...
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This is inexcusable. Weapons of mass destruction pose a grave danger to us all, particularly in a wo...
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It is vital that we turn this situation around and ensure that developing countries receive the fina...
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We are taking very active measures to ensure that we do not have any more bad apples in that departm...
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to see if broader investigations can take place.
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There are now 11 women heads of state or government, in countries on every continent. And three coun...
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The balance must be redressed.
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We are going to work with the Congolese people and the government to make sure we make progress and ...
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We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three...
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I personally believe, as I think a lot of security Council members believe with 100% certainty, that...
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The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happen...
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The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And I hope that this choice...
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Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new mille...
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Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in Europe they were...
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Whether our challenge is peacemaking, nation-building, democratization or responding to natural or m...
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If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.
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I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to le...
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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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We submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances ...
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a new era of human rights in Iraq will now begin.
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creative way of approaching the issue and you may wish to share it widely.
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Those who are responsible for the atrocities in East Timor must be held accountable, ... So, basical...
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given what happened last week, and the tense situation we find ourselves in.
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This initiative, which must lead to a full Israeli withdrawal and complete end of occupation in Gaza...
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It was normal for us to lend our support to candidates from (African) countries with links to France...
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We not only have no convincing evidence of these allegations; we have no evidence of any kind. We ha...
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There seem to be efforts coming from Lebanese territory to deliberately create instability along the...
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a serious lack of cohesion within the mission as well as a number of other shortcomings.
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There are no excuses, ... If we are to show ourselves worthy of calling ourselves members of humanki...
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Once human-to-human transmission has been established, we would have only a matter of weeks to lock ...
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I am in touch with several heads of state, ... We need money, police and troops. I hope not only Fra...
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I know that I speak for the whole world in offering them my heartfelt sympathy and any assistance th...
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The states are too high to continue down a dangerous path of diplomatic brinkmanship,
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this last chance, and continues its defiance, the council will have to make another grim choice, bas...
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They either consider the flood gates are open and they can come with their own amendments or they sh...
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From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for...
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Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing th...
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and vulnerable to psychological as well as physical insecurities.
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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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Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
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It was so brutal, so quick, and so extensive that we are still struggling to fully comprehend it.
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exercised through patient diplomatic persuasion and coalition-building.
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I had hoped that some of those with the capacity would go to the assistance of those who are in ther...
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I am braced and we are all ready.
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unhappily, both were found and have been documented in great detail.
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What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the intern...
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The electoral process has not countered the sense of disadvantage felt by opposition political parti...
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It's been difficult, ... He's had to make compromises to move the process ahead. It was never going ...
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So far, donors have made firm commitments for only 12 percent, 37 million dollars, of the UN require...
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Notwithstanding the embargo, Cuba's achievements in social development are impressive given the size...
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This summit must be a summit of solutions,
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so that we can get away from the idea that some, such as terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, ...
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If they are not compensated, they are not going to tell you whether their birds are sick, ... If oth...
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well beyond the scope of the powers vested in the Great Council.
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The big item missing is non-proliferation and disarmament. This a real disgrace.
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Remembering is a necessary rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never happened or has been exaggera...
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guilty of no wrongdoing.
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In terms of logistics, the difficult terrain makes this one of most challenging relief operations ev...
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to ensure an end to impunity.
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New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered ever...
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You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are p...
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No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that contin...
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The negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in light of the date of the summit, which...
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[French President Jacques Chirac said the bombings left him] stunned and saddened, ... perpetrators ...
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I wish to do all I can to encourage the leaders to muster the spirit of compromise, courage and lead...
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Tension and mistrust among the parties to the conflict continue, ... In addition, unruly members of ...
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Clearly there is a need to unlearn our collective prejudices, to promote a continuing dialogue among...
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We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to o...
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Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
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I am very grateful that the prime minister and the Cabinet decided not to stick to the deadline,
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I think we can rein in the situation,
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shocked to know that so many rich governments have given so little.
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There's been quite a lot of debate about the application of the Geneva Convention. ... Whether they ...
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There must be no more sticking heads in the sand. No more embarrassment and no more hiding behind a ...
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when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.
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No cause can justify such acts of terror,
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I don't think any institution can go through the scrutiny, the scrubbing we've gone through and come...
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I came to listen and explore ways and means of intensifying the diplomatic efforts and try to achiev...
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The president has been asking me for the last three years to come, I am happy to be among you.
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If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades...
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I don't like hypocrisy-even in international relations.
KOFI BUSIA

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemi...
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What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world ...
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I admire my father greatly.
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I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons.
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I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political a...
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My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many...
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I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I ca...
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At no time was I involved with any negotiations or lobbying of the United Nations with regard to the...
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I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.
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In fact, I did not attend a single meeting at the United Nations.
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neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that ha...
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No purist talk here of letting the flavors speak for themselves, the English let them sing in concer...
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He was comforted by one of the simpler emotions which some human beings are lucky enough to experien...
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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.

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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.

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