Kofi Annan Quotes on Future (10 Quotes)

I suspect, whatever happens in the future, that kind of consultation will take place.

I think there are lessons for all of us to learn, ... We already have proposals for reforms that will ensure that in future we are better equipped to handle this sort of program.

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.

As we move forward into the future, the role of the United Nations in legitimizing a military presence on the ground, and giving it a mandate, and allowing it to operate, becomes absolutely essential,

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

a clear set of recommendations on how to do better in the future.

and measures that ought to be taken to ensure what has happened this year does not happen in the future.

We continue to note with great concern the actual and proposed route of the barrier, particularly as it results in a confiscation of Palestinian land, cuts off the movement of people and goods and undermines Palestinian trust in the road map process by appearing to prejudge the final borders of the future Palestinian state,

Israel has repeatedly stated that the barrier is a temporary measure. However, the scope of construction and the amount of occupied West Bank land that is either being requisitioned for its route or that will end up between the barrier and the Green Line are of serious concern and have implications for the future,

We need to decide our priorities. And we must adapt our United Nations so that in the future, those priorities are reflected in clear and prompt decisions leading to real change in people's lives. That my friend is what the people expect of us -- let us not disappoint them.