Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.
BAN KI-MOONSaving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.
BAN KI-MOONMen 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.
BAN KI-MOONReason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.
BAN KI-MOONClimate 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-MOONWe have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.
BAN KI-MOONOur 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.
BAN KI-MOONAchieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
BAN KI-MOONSince problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.
BAN KI-MOONThe 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.
BAN KI-MOONThe unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.
BAN KI-MOONIt is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
BAN KI-MOONClimate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.
BAN KI-MOONI 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.
BAN KI-MOONThis 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-MOONNational boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.
BAN KI-MOONPlanet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it
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