Challenges Quote by Jeffrey Sachs

The great challenge of the '90s... is to salvage and improve the UN and to develop it into an agency capable of meeting the…

— Norman Cousins

It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge.

— Rudy Giuliani

The UN may not be very effective but I am a fan of the idea of the United Nations. I have been there, I…

— Mary Robinson

Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law…

— Maurice Strong

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.

— Vladimir Putin

The whole system is under tremendous strain. Although the increasing pace of change is essential for developing new solutions, it is also pushing society…

— Franz Josef Radermacher

It's sort of easy to make a challenge. It's very hard to put the full fate of your government behind the challenge and make…

— Jody Williams

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant…

— Chuck Hagel

Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political…

— Kofi Annan

“There are three alternatives to real leadership. One is drift, which is pretty much what this country has experienced for the past decade. Business…

— Richard N. Haass

It is now widely and rightly accepted that we live in a world which is more interdependent than ever before, and that problems are…

— Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.

— Kofi Annan