Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding of the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.

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If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

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In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

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We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

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We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

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

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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

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