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- Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just…
- It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and…
- You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well…
- I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what…
- The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
- Midori has been a steadfast supporter of the United Nations, as a Messenger of Peace and more recently by encouraging our efforts to achieve the…
- Messengers of Peace such as Midori - and our Goodwill Ambassadors, who work directly with the UN agencies - are dedicated and well-informed and credible…
- Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more…
- The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.
- The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping…
- I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we…
- I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition…
- Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
- Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.
- Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see…
- Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
- One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges.…
- Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is…
- One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support…
- Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels…
- It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The…
- 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…
- The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls…
- By strengthening the three pillars of the United Nations - security, development and human rights - we can build a more peaceful, more prosperous and…
- I will do everything in my power to ensure that our United Nations can live up to its name, and be truly united; so that…
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- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations… — Franklin P. Adams
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams
- Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. — Aphra Behn
- For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount… — Robert Benchley
- God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a… — Benazir Bhutto
- The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or… — William Blake