This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.
BAN KI-MOONSince [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior – and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
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Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.
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Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.
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A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.
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People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.
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National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.
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Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior – and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
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Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin
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SUSTAINABLE PEACE IS POSSIBLE ONLY WITH WOMEN’S FULL PARTICIPATION, their perspectives, their leadership, their daily, equal presence wherever we seek to make and keep the peace.
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My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.
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Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.
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The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process. Where the death penalty persists, conditions for those awaiting execution are often horrifying, leading to aggravated suffering.
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I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us – men and boys – refuse to tolerate it.
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We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.
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Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.
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As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.
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