Kofi Annan Quotes on Communities (11 Quotes)

If the international community is going to make progress on this issue, I think it's essential we all come together, and work with the Russians who are playing a very constructive role, and I'm in touch with them,

I believe it is a genuine expression of the will of the international community, led by the Security Council, to come together again after last year's divisions and to help the Iraqi people take charge of their own political destiny -- in peace and freedom -- under a sovereign government.

Unless this poll adheres to internationally accepted standards of conduct and participation, it may be difficult for the international community, including the countries of the region, to endorse the result,

Perhaps that, too, holds a lesson for us the lesson that divisions in the human community are not so insurmountable as we feared that gaps of misunderstanding and material well-being can be bridged and that we can ... join hands and unite for a better world,

Obviously the war in Iraq did introduce major divisions in the international community, which is beginning to heal,

they have to perform and keep their promises that they gave to the international community, or they would face further consequences, including sanctions.

We know from experience that if the international community does not support these control measures now, the potential cost to the world will be much higher in the long term. Past outbreaks have already cost more than 10 billion in economic losses.

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

A grave responsibility falls on the international community.

from Sierra Leone to the Sudan , to Angola , to the Balkans and Cambodia , and to Afghanistan -- there are great numbers of people who need more than just words of sympathy from the international community.

AIDS has become a major development crisis. It kills millions of adults in their prime, ... It fractures and impoverishes families, weakens workforces, turns millions of children into orphans, and threatens the social and economic fabric of communities and the political stability of nations.