Kofi Annan Lives Quotations

Millions still live poor and isolated lives. Millions more have found their lives disrupted, even destroyed, by global economic forces they do not understand and cannot control,

I appeal to the international community to provide immediate assistance, which is saving hundreds of lives everyday,

particular to the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives in the service of the ideals of the United Nations.

Most of all, it must generate new momentum towards developing the economies and societies of poor countries, and transforming the lives of poor people,

the fall-out from the Oil-for-Food scandal has dogged all our lives for the last year, often gave us the feeling that we were on an inexorable downward slope.

I recognize that there are no simple solutions to the debt problem, ... But where there is agreement in principle that debt relief is essential and when delays have a profoundly negative impact of the lives of poor people, clearly more must be done.

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.