Agenda Quote by Mike Quigley

Every second, every day, every year, we fail to address demand for reproductive health and family planning services. Lives are lost, and girls' opportunities…

— Jenny Shipley

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and…

— Martha Plimpton

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and…

— John Bolton

It is, for me, clear that the world needs a United States that is engaged in security issues, in development issues, in human rights…

— Antonio Guterres

Global health issues remind us - perhaps more than any other issue - that we are all children of the same extended family.

— Kathleen Sebelius

“United Nations should be like a caring mother having many children. Its role is to grow trust and respect among the siblings with strong…

— Amit Ray

What we're doing here in America is we're making women choose between the family they love and the job that they need. No other…

— Tom Perez

The United Nations has an irreplaceable role in dealing with global issues. While other international bodies play important roles, the U.N. is the only…

— Miroslav Lajcak

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in…

— Robin Lim

I believed we could expand support for Planned Parenthood - and ultimately for abortion access - by finding common ground with the large majority…

— Leana S. Wen

UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that…

— Muhammad Yunus

I have been working with the World Health Organization since 1989 in an effort to redefine approaches to contraceptive introduction. This has given me…

— Ruth Simmons