Kofi Annan Harsh Quotations

The findings in today's report must be deeply embarrassing to us all, ... The Inquiry Committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization. None of us - member states, Secretariat, agencies, funds and programs - can be proud of what it has found.

History will judge them harshly and their people will not absolve them, if they fail.

The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization,