Kofi Annan Hope Quotations

We need to be able to work to resolve it, and I hope there will be no steps taken to escalate the situation.

Liberia today is poised between hope and disaster,

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 in touch with several heads of state, ... We need money, police and troops. I hope not only France, but other states, and not only Security Council members, will help us.

Today let us hear the bell ring loud and clear and true to our conscience, ... Let it ring out a century of cruelty and destruction and let it ring in a millennium of hope and peace.

is a wonderful gesture and I hope it is a sign of things to come. It shows his belief in the organization and international cooperation, and I hope it will inspire the governments to pay what they owe.

It is a problem that is solvable, ... They (Iraq) had a chance to do it and missed it. But I hope that they are serious about solving it through diplomatic means, that they will make the right gestures.

I think he's made many friends who I hope will all stay in touch with him, ... I wish him every success in his future endeavors.

I would want us all to put real collective pressure and sustain it on President Milosevic in the hope that we will get an agreement and he will understand the implications of any escalation,

I think this is progress, and I hope it can help us move peace processes around the world,

I would hope that what has happened does not foreclose moving ahead and working through the road map,

We must not promise too much or raise expectations higher than are justified by the will of governments to act, but we must do whatever we can to raise the standards of international behavior and responsibility. I think we can only hope to succeed in that if we have a very clear idea of what was wrong up to now.

The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And I hope that this choice and their voice will be heard.

We've shared with them where we stand, what we hope to do next and explained to them the state of play,

We are pressing ahead with our contingency planning and we hope to be ready to work with the African Union as we move forward to the implementation of the anticipated decision by the (UN) Security Council that we push ahead with the transition.

During this election period, maybe there are certain proposals or issues that can not be pushed, and things are going to be at a standstill for a while ... I hope that these elections will go smoothly and we can get back to pressing the parties on the peace process.

And I hope this issue will be handled in a manner that will not escalate. I rely on the wisdom of the two countries to find a way out.

I hope you will give your full backing to all points of the strategy I have outlined. Let us ensure the United Nations play its role in this fight to the full,

I hope that the day will soon come when Resolution 425 is fully implemented, ... The question is, how do you go about this? ... Facts have been created on the ground. How could those facts impact on the implementation?

I hope the coalition will set an example by making clear that they intend to act strictly within the rules

I hope the reports are not correct, because he is a leader of his people who has played an important role in Iraq, and we need input from leaders like him,

I hope the report, which is a technical one, is not going to be politicized,

As we move forward, we hope we will be able to work with the Iraqis and the coalition to find a mechanism for establishing a caretaker or an interim government until such time elections are organized,

Desperation forces entire families to leave their homes, take their chances with bandits and the elements, and travel for days in the hope that help may be available to them,

I hope he will be able to convince the Iranian partners to come back to the table.

I really hope we don't get to that stage, ... I don't even want to contemplate the possibility of a failure.

I hope it's not too late to get the Yugoslav government to change its position,

I hope John Bolton will take up the challenge of Henry Kissinger. I would love to read the title, 'Bolton brings peace to the world.'

But I hope the work that has been done will not be wasted and that the people of Cyprus -- both Turkish and Greeks -- will see an advantage in pursuing this effort and bringing it to a fruitful conclusion.

Camp David made major strides, and I hope we would be able to capitalize on that process and reach an agreement,

This is a huge, huge disaster, ... It is a race against time to save the lives of these people. And I would hope that the international community will respond and those with capacity will do everything possible to work with us and work with the Pakistani government.

To advance the peace process, it will be important to put an end to the escalating violence in the north and east and to strictly uphold the cease-fire. The people of Sri Lanka deserve a new hope that peace could be in reach.

There will be a resolution, and I still hope it will be unanimous or approved by vast majority, ... This week may not be excluded.

Governments have to commit themselves to bring to account those who attack these innocent and unarmed civilian humanitarian workers, and I would hope that this message would go out from this council today,