As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.
BAN KI-MOONThe 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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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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My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.
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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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Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
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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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To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and improved infrastructure.
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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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With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.
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Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.
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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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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.
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We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
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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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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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Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.
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