Kojo Annan Quotes

There is no such thing as the United Nations.

I've been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I've been very involved in that for a long time.

The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.

We begin by not taking it [the United Nations] seriously.

The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it.

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

If governments do not want to work with the U.N. and the international organizations, there is a limit to what you can do. And there is also a limit to patience.

The United Nations exists to help countries solve their problems. If it helps the Americans solve theirs by blaming me, I'll be a scapegoat.

The UN is ultimately going to be judged on its ability in conflict resolution and conflict prevention.

The United Nations is really the League of Nations 2.0

People think that it only takes an American decision to solve this or that problem [in foreign affairs].

I worked at the United Nations.

The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless.

It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council.

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission.

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.

I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.

We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.