Kofi Annan Quotes on Progress (17 Quotes)

Specifically, I ask developing countries to improve their governments, uphold the rule of law, combat corruption and adopt an inclusive approach to development,

I think this is progress, and I hope it can help us move peace processes around the world,

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

I am very concerned that despite some signs of progress, the work may not finish on time and that the deadline will be missed,

The model of development we are accustomed to has been fruitful for few and flawed for many. A path to prosperity that ravages the environment and leaves a majority of humankind behind in squalor will soon prove to be a dead-end road for everyone.

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

I will speak plainly if I believe you are falling behind, ... And I have no doubt that global public opinion will keep a close eye on our progress.

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

This is not unique within Mexico ... The important thing is not only to say we have made some progress but we should consolidate the progress we have made and move on to try to improve things even further.

keep working with determination on the tough issues on which progress is urgent but has not yet been achieved.

I don't think anyone can remove it from the general public's perception of how we are moving ahead with development.

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

There has been no progress in ameliorating the contention between leaders of the transitional federal institutions on four broad issues the relocation of the transitional federal institutions, a national security and stabilization plan, national reconciliation and the peace support mission envisaged by the African Union Intergovernmental Authority on Development,

Notwithstanding the embargo, Cuba's achievements in social development are impressive given the size of its gross domestic product per capita, ... As the human development index of the United Nations makes clear year after year, Cuba should be the envy of many other nations ostensibly far richer.

It holds the promise of major advances in economic and social development, but perhaps most important is the true meaning of one laptop per child,

Progress has been made across a broader front than on any other single occasion in the 60-year history of the organization,