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- If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?
- I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of…
- We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's…
- The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save…
- The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them for…
- Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and…
- As I travel around the world, people think the only place where there is potential conflict [over] water is the Middle East, but they are…
- 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…
- 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…
- In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a…
- Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality…
- Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized…
- 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…
- I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as never before in history. I believe that the United Nations is the instrument…
- You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous, we have only…
- UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades…
- Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with…
- Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge
- I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.
- Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
- In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management…
- Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in from the margins…
- Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline.
- Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.
- Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended.…
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- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle