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-MOONAchieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
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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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On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.
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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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Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.
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Reason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.
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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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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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Society’s dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.
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You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.
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To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
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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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Our atmosphere can’t tell the difference between emissions from an Asian factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South America or Africa.
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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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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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Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
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