BBC Interview

Kofi Annan on broken promises and social unrest

In a wide ranging interview, Kofi Annan speaks to the BBC about the success of the MDGs, but also his frustrations at governments who fail to deliver on their promises. "Governments go public with amounts that they are giving, they get lots of publicity in the press, but the money never really comes through," he says.

Mr Annan also touches on population, the need for the UN to reform, and his fears of further social unrest if the gulf between the rich and the poor is not narrowed. "We cannot expect to live in a world where some people have immense wealth and you have extreme poverty living side by side and not expect some sort of a reaction."

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