Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls on the occupiers.
Kofi AnnanThe gap between the rich and the poor cannot keep growing without nothing being done about it.
Kofi AnnanThere has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable.
Kofi AnnanYou may have noticed over the years that the UN became a bit more media-friendly, a bit more open to the media than in the past.
Kofi Annan