"One of my earliest memories is walking up……" — Ban Ki-moon
"One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community."
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165 Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
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