Kofi Annan Action Quotations

I would expect the summit to come up with a program of action not just for the United Nations but also for the members states,

If they fail to agree on a common position and action is taken without the authority of the Security Council, the legitimacy and support to any such action will be seriously impaired, ... If, on the other hand, they can come together even at this late hour to address this threat in a united manner and they show compliance with the previous resolutions, then the council authority will be enhanced and the world will be a safer place.

I am thankful that the resolution passed tonight, ... I hope we will move ahead with urgent and determined action to help the Liberian people.

I am confident that the Security Council would be ready to take firm action if that was justified,

If the action is to take place without the support of the council, its legitimacy will be questioned and the support for it will be diminished,

I think it will be important to have them all here to discuss not only the peace process, but the implementation of the process and the action they need to take on the ground to make it really hold,

I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,

What's needed now is not more declarations or promises, but action, ... I believe my report provides a clear program of action.

No matter how difficult agreement is, there is no escaping the fact that the challenges of our time must be met by action and today, more than ever, action must be collective if it is to be effective.

Civilians are still being attacked and fleeing their villages even as we speak, many months after the government committed itself to bring the militias under control, ... It is urgent to take action now.

All is not well. Science tells us that if we do not take the right action now, climate change will bring havoc, even within our lifetime,

The U.N. power comes from concerted action of the governments.