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Development Quotes by Kofi Annan
- Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building…
- Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
- More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
- There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as…
- literacy is at the heart of sustainable development
- On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical…
- Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.
- In some ways, the challenges are even more daunting than they were at the peak of the cold war. Not only do we continue to…
- Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they…
- The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more…
- For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial…
- We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.
- Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality…
- ...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.
- We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace…
- Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best…
- The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the…
- It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each of its Member…
- These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these…
- The Millennium Development Goals can be met by 2015, but only if all involved break with business as usual and dramatically accelerate and scale up…
More Development Quotes
- We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best,… — John C. Maxwell
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings.… — Albert Einstein
- Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but… — Alexander Graham Bell
- Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way.… — Wilder Dwight Bancroft