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Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

Ban Ki-moon

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty
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Literate Poverty Victory
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
The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.
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Country Diversity Unity
We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That’s why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.
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Leader Past People
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
Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Exercise Growth Justice
I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors, townships and community leaders.
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Community Leader Risk
We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.
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Life Vegan Way Web
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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Country Destroy Historical Holocaust
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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Death Execution Penalty Suffering
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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Action Climate Foundation Opportunity
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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Challenges Opportunity Progress
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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Humanity People Use
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
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Climate Mean Needs
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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Fighting People Water
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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Country Global Warming Voice

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