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„der Westen sollte Afrika nicht nur als ewiges Desaster sehen.“

Kofi Annan

Stern Nr. 24/2008 vom 5. Juni 2008, S. 82 stern.de http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/kofi-annan-afrika-ist-das-neue-asien-623343.html

„Nach unserer Auffassung sowie gemäß der UNO-Charta war dieser Krieg illegal.“

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in einem BBC-Interview, auf die Frage, ob die Irak-Invasion illegal gewesen sei, zitiert nach: spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,318253,00.html, 16. Sept. 2004
When pressed on whether he viewed the invasion of Iraq as illegal, he said: "Yes, if you wish. I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter from our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal." - BBC-News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3661134.stm vom 16. Sept. 2004

„Wir brauchen keine weiteren Versprechen. Wir müssen anfangen, die Versprechen einzuhalten, die wir bereits gegeben haben.“

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Abiola Hafsat, Rudolf Adam, Franz Alt, Max Arlt, Maude Barlow: Impulse für eine Welt in Balance, Global Marshall Plan Initiative, Hamburg 2005. ISBN 3980972321, Seite 485.
("We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made." - Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the New Year, 2004. un.org http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sgsm9095.doc.htm

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“The report [by a UN commission on Darfur] demonstrates beyond all doubt that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fellow human beings in Darfur.”

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Annan urges action to end 'hell on earth' in Darfur (17 February 2005) http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/17/content_417132.htm

“Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the mission of the United Nations in the century to come.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“Well, the issue of a standing UN army has been raised by many because, quite frankly, the way we operate today is like telling Ottawa that I know you need a fire station but we will build one when the fire breaks. We have no army. When the crisis breaks then we begin to put an army together. We go around to governments and begin asking for troops. The question with a standing UN army is that it raises issues of budget issues, legal issues, where do you place it, under what jurisdiction? And the big boys, big countries don't want it. The smaller countries are also nervous.”

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“When I look at the murder, rape and starvation to which the people of Darfur are being subjected, I fear that we have not got far beyond “lip service”. The lesson here is that high-sounding doctrines like the “responsibility to protect” will remain pure rhetoric unless and until those with the power to intervene effectively — by exerting political, economic or, in the last resort, military muscle — are prepared to take the lead.”

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Truman Library address (2006)

“Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.”

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Speech at the centennial of the International Peace Conference (19 May 1999)

“There are a great number of peoples who need more than just words of sympathy from the international community. They need a real and sustained commitment to help end their cycles of violence, and launch them on a safe passage to prosperity.”

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Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY, Who Will End Violence? http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2000448?q=Kofi+Annan&p=par

“What a pleasure, and a privilege, to be here in Missouri. It is almost a homecoming for me. Nearly half a century ago I was a student about 400 miles north of here, in Minnesota.”

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Farewell Speech (2006)

“And thanks to you, Mr Devine, and all your staff, and to the wonderful UNA chapter of Kansas City, for all you have done to make this occasion possible.”

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Farewell Speech (2006)

“Human rights and the rule of law are vital to global security and prosperity. As Truman said, “We must, once and for all, prove by our acts conclusively that Right Has Might”. That’s why this country has historically been in the vanguard of the global human rights movement. But that lead can only be maintained if America remains true to its principles, including in the struggle against terrorism. When it appears to abandon its own ideals and objectives, its friends abroad are naturally troubled and confused.
— And States need to play by the rules towards each other, as well as towards their own citizens. That can sometimes be inconvenient, but ultimately what matters is not inconvenience. It is doing the right thing. No State can make its own actions legitimate in the eyes of others. When power, especially military force, is used, the world will consider it legitimate only when convinced that it is being used for the right purpose — for broadly shared aims –- in accordance with broadly accepted norms.
— No community anywhere suffers from too much rule of law; many do suffer from too little — and the international community is among them. This we must change.”

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Truman Library address (2006)

“I humbly accept the Centennial Nobel Peace Prize. Forty years ago today, the Prize for 1961 was awarded for the first time to a Secretary-General of the United Nations — posthumously, because Dag Hammarskjöld had already given his life for peace in Central Africa. And on the same day, the Prize for 1960 was awarded for the first time to an African — Albert Luthuli, one of the earliest leaders of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. For me, as a young African beginning his career in the United Nations a few months later, those two men set a standard that I have sought to follow throughout my working life.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“This era of global challenges leaves no choice but cooperation at the global level. When States undermine the rule of law and violate the rights of their individual citizens, they become a menace not only to their own people, but also to their neighbours, and indeed the world. What we need today is better governance — legitimate, democratic governance that allows each individual to flourish, and each State to thrive.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“The US has given the world an example of a democracy in which everyone, including the most powerful, is subject to legal restraint. Its current moment of world supremacy gives it a priceless opportunity to entrench the same principles at the global level.”

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Truman Library address (2006)

“I have continued to press for Security Council reform. But, reform involves two separate issues. One is that new members should be added, on a permanent or long-term basis, to give greater representation to parts of the world which have limited voice today. The other, perhaps even more important, is that all Council members, and especially the major powers who are permanent members, must accept the special responsibility that comes with their privilege. The Security Council is not just another stage on which to act out national interests. It is the management committee, if you will, of our fledgling collective security system.”

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Truman Library address (2006)

“The rights of the individual are of no less importance to immigrants and minorities in Europe and the Americas than to women in Afghanistan or children in Africa. They are as fundamental to the poor as to the rich; they are as necessary to the security of the developed world as to that of the developing world.
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict, and promoting democracy. Only in a world that is rid of poverty can all men and women make the most of their abilities. Only where individual rights are respected can differences be channelled politically and resolved peacefully. Only in a democratic environment, based on respect for diversity and dialogue, can individual self-expression and self-government be secured, and freedom of association be upheld.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“Scientists tell us that the world of nature is so small and interdependent that a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon rainforest can generate a violent storm on the other side of the earth. This principle is known as the "Butterfly Effect." Today, we realize, perhaps more than ever, that the world of human activity also has its own "Butterfly Effect"”

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for better or for worse.
Nobel lecture (2001)

“In the 21st Century I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound, awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. This will require us to look beyond the framework of States, and beneath the surface of nations or communities. We must focus, as never before, on improving the conditions of the individual men and women who give the state or nation its richness and character.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“In today’s world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of everyone else.”

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Truman Library address (2006)

“You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.”

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Press conference http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_1_35/ai_54259243 regarding the use of force to gain compliance from Saddam Hussein (24 February 1998)

“The international community... allows nearly 3 billion people—almost half of all humanity—to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth.”

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Awake! magazine, May 22, 2002; Can Globalization Really Solve Our Problems?

“The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.”

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Answer when he was asked why he had not yet reformed the U.N. an its agencies after five months, given that God had taken only seven days to create the universe. As quoted in TIME Magazine (1997), edited by Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce. Time Inc. Volume 149. Issues 2-8. p. 24. http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=fvpreL9CjiAC&q=%22The+Lord+had+the+wonderful+advantage+of+being+able+to+work+alone.%22&dq=%22The+Lord+had+the+wonderful+advantage+of+being+able+to+work+alone.%22&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=gOHVUunlPIex2wWy14CQDA&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg Also found in George Antwi (2012), "The Words of Power", Booksmango, p. 103.
Variant said by Kofi Annan himself during the " Desmond Tutu Annual International Peace Lecture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GEse_I0coY": "Mr. ambassador, you are right. But God had the unique advantage: He worked alone." (He explains that the question was made by the Russian Ambassador of the U.N. at that time).

“Over the past five years, I have often recalled that the United Nations' Charter begins with the words: "We the peoples." What is not always recognized is that "we the peoples" are made up of individuals whose claims to the most fundamental rights have too often been sacrificed in the supposed interests of the state or the nation.”

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Nobel lecture (2001)

“You have said that your first priority is the eradication of extreme poverty.”

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So spoke United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on September 8, 2000, to an assembly of the world’s most powerful men and women. WOL http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102005521?q=annan&p=par