Kofi Annan is Ghanaian diplomat who served as the 70th Secretary-General of the UN.
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.
-- Kofi Annan
"Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives."
-- Kofi Annan
"On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it."
-- Kofi Annan
-- Kofi Annan
"Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives."
-- Kofi Annan
"On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it."
-- Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan voices his opinion of different ways that we need to change or improve our selves as a whole to help bring an end to poverty. It can't be done unless everyone is engaged and ready to step forward and help. We have to improve the opportunities of all human beings and to do so we have to work together rich and poor. And also people need to realize that extreme poverty affects everyone and in this day and age with all the technologies available to us we have the power to change everything, we just need the will to do it.