Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.
BAN KI-MOONAchieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
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Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.
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I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust.
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The power of the leader is given to him by the people, so he has a duty to engage and listen more attentively and carefully to the aspirations of the people.
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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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Reason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.
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Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.
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Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take an unacceptable toll on lives and limbs, and people’s livelihoods
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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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I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.
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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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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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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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Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.
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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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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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