The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.
BAN KI-MOONEvery literate woman is a victory over poverty
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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
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Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
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We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future.
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Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women – and that a woman’s place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.
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Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all.
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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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Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the “three zeros” zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
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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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Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter.
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Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries … Thanks to their efforts, life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered and economic development can begin.
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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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Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children.
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Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin
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Climate change…is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.
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The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.
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