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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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The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.
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Country Diversity Unity
Every literate woman is a victory over poverty
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Literate Poverty Victory
Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.
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Borders Environmental Security
As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.
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Credit Investment World
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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Home Real School
Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it
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Earth Force Island
Climate change…is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.
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Challenges Climate Faces
It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit from cultural diversity, and not be victimized by those who exploit differences.
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Differences Diversity People
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.
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Book Determination Girl
Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
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Boys Girl Responsibility
Society’s dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.
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Fossils Fuel Progress
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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Challenges Climate Doe
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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Achieve Equal Peaceful
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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Passion Peace Priorities
Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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People Prosperity Terrorism
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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America Atmosphere Differences

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