Kofi Annan

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises read more

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to read more

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Unless the differences within the transitional federal institutions are addressed, the current political impasse could grow into deeper divisions and read more

Unless the differences within the transitional federal institutions are addressed, the current political impasse could grow into deeper divisions and undermine the very institutions that the people of Somalia so ardently desire and the international community and the United Nations are willing to support,

There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's read more

There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests.