Kofi Annan Beginning Quotations

Nuclear conflict remains a very real, and very terrifying possibility at the beginning of the 21st century, ... This is the stark reality confronting you today.

I am relieved that this saga is now over, ... I made it clear from the beginning that the boy belongs with his father.

I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead.

I think they are beginning to wake up. I will be able to make that judgement, let's say, by the end of Wednesday,

We acted on the report as soon as it came out, ... This is not the end. It is the beginning and we'll act on the other branches of the report as they come out.

This is the beginning of the process, not the end.

The council is beginning to look at these issues more critically and with a bit more of an open mind,