"Within the U.N. itself, I have appointed a……" — Ban Ki-moon
"Within the U.N. itself, I have appointed a record number of women to high-level positions. I did not fill jobs with women just for the sake of it - I looked for the best possible candidate, and I found that if you strip away discrimination, the best possible candidate is often a woman."
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Ban Ki-moon
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165 Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
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Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take…
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The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African…
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Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are…
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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until…
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Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties…
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Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our…
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It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit…
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You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity…
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Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot…
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Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero…
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Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus…
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
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Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to…
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I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray…
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Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed…
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Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His…
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Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has…
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Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a…
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Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done…
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...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood,…
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All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law…
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