Millennium Development Goals Quotes
12 quotes by 10 authors
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We are here because we share a fundamental belief: that poverty, illiteracy, disease and inequality do not belong in the twenty-first century. We share a…
— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even if…
— Ban Ki-moon
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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…
— Kofi Annan
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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…
— Kofi Annan
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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…
— Kofi Annan
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...if we are to make significant progress on meeting these Goals and stay true to the promise the world made to build a better, fairer…
— Kemal Dervis
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The Millennium Development Goals are owned by the people.
— Eveline Herfkens
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If world leaders decide to [meet the Millennium Development Goals], I think it can be done by 2015...The question is, is there a political will…
— Thoraya Obaid
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My colleagues and I took a stand in our work several years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet, because there is…
— Jeffrey Sachs
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Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals
— Carl Lewis
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Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target, but for the…
— Johanna Sigurðardottir
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Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of…
— Jonathan Sacks
Who Wrote These Millennium Development Goals Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 12 Millennium Development Goals Quotes as follows: