Kofi Annan Disaster Quotations

The American people who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world, have now themselves suffered a grievous blow,

Liberia today is poised between hope and disaster,

This is a huge, huge disaster, ... It is a race against time to save the lives of these people. And I would hope that the international community will respond and those with capacity will do everything possible to work with us and work with the Pakistani government.

could lead to a large-scale humanitarian disaster, with the approaching winter.

In already unstable societies, this cocktail of disasters is a sure recipe for more conflict,

Terrible inequalities continue to scar our world. Too many people continue to suffer and die from poverty, conflict and disaster - despite all the means at our disposal to create and share wealth, protect people from the violence of man or nature, and deepen respect for the dignity of every human being,