“If we let the UN Human Rights Council fail, we leave the field free to tyrants to call the shots.”

In response to calls to abandon the UN Human Rights Council as a mechanism for protecting and promoting human rights around the world, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan argues in the Christian Science Monitor that giving up on the Council would be a mistake.

Kofi Annan writes in Uganda's Daily Monitor that African farmers are already suffering the effects of climate change. He argues that the Green Climate Fund to be launched at the Durban climate conference could be crucial for investing in "a uniquely African Green Revolution."

Marchandages politiciens et trocs de votes caractérisent trop souvent les nominations à des postes internationaux. L'élection du prochain procureur de la Cour pénale internationale offre une occasion unique de choisir le candidat le plus qualifié, estime Kofi Annan dans une tribune publiée dans Libération (France).

Kofi Annan writes in Business Day (South Africa) that the election of new International Criminal Court prosecutor must result in the appointment of the most qualified candidate, and not, as is too often the case, the person thought least offensive to most countries.

In this article for the Daily Nation, Jimmy Carter and Kofi Annan argue that scaling up immunisation across the world is crucial to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 - the reduction of child mortality.

In an article for The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan explores how learning about the Holocaust can teach young people across the world to oppose racism and promote tolerance in their own societies.

Writing in The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan argues that our challenge is to protect the innocent by building an International Criminal Court so strong, universal and effective that it will deter even the most determined of despots.

In his lecture 'Bridging the World's Divides', held at the British Museum and extracted in The Independent, Kofi Annan argues for a renewed urgency to resolve conflicts and promote understanding between peoples.

In his speech to a conference to mark 60 years of the Geneva Conventions organised by Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Kofi Annan outlined what he saw as the real challenges facing the Conventions - and international law - in the coming decades.

The International Criminal Court represents hope for victims of atrocities and sends a message that no one is above the law. Kofi Annan argues that this hope and message would be undermined if the African Union condemns the court because it has charged an African head of state. This article first appeared in The New York Times.