Agencies Quote by Ban Ki-moon

Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.

— Ban Ki-moon

At a time when we aim to accelerate our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and define a bold agenda for the period…

— Ban Ki-moon

Once again, victims of disaster have turned to the UN and the international community in their time of need, .. The world needs the…

— Ted Turner

One of the most crucial kinds of intervention is in advocacy. We can think about charities in the context of delivering services, and indeed…

— Nicholas Kristof

I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral…

— Emma Thompson

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take…

— Ban Ki-moon

Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine…

— James Buchan

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role to play…

— Bill Gates

Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary.

— Penn Jillette

We donate time, expertise, and resources to a wide array of charitable and nonprofit organizations around the world each year through partnership initiatives that…

— Joshua Bekenstein

There are few forces for good as extensive and important as the United Nations. Being able to work with them and other global aid…

— David Droga