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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

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Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it
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Earth Force Island
Reason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.
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Country Korea Mean
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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Development Generations Needs
Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
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Community Development Poverty
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
Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
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Disarmament Nuclear Path World
Every literate woman is a victory over poverty
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Literate Poverty Victory
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.
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Fighting Growth People
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
Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin
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Climate Inspiring Sides Two
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
It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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Disease Poverty Step
As the young leaders of tomorrow, you have the passion and energy and commitment to make a difference. What I’d like to really urge you do is to have a global vision. Go beyond your country; go beyond your national boundaries
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Commitment Country Passion
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
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.
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Forever Nuclear Terrorism Suffering
Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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People Prosperity Terrorism

It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

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