Quotes by Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.

Country

Global Warming

Voice

As the young leaders of tomorrow, you have the passion and energy and commitment to make a difference. What I’d like to really urge you do is to have a global vision. Go beyond your country; go beyond your national boundaries

Commitment

Country

Passion

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Opportunity

People

Profound

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.

Challenges

Climate

Doe

Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.

Challenges

Climate

Limited Resources

Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.

Empowerment

Issues

Water

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.

Energy

Growth

World

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

Poverty

Victory

For too long we have tried to consume our way to prosperity. Look at the cost: polluted lands and oceans, climate change, growing scarcity of resources from food to land to fresh water, rampant inequality. We need to invent a new model; a model that offers growth and social inclusion… that is more respectful of the planet’s finite resources. Nature has been kind to human beings, but we have not been kind to nature.

Land

Ocean

Water

Gender equality and women’s empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

Empowerment

Example

Priorities

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Atmosphere

Autism

Believe

Blow

Book

Boundaries

Boys

Business

Challenges

Children

Climate

Climate Action

Commitment

Community

Country

Delay

Determination

Development

Differences

Different

Disease

Diversity

Doe

Earth

Economics

Effort

Empowerment

Energy

Equal

Example

Exercise

Expression

Fabric

Fighting

Force

Foundation

Generations

Girl

Given

Giving

Global Warming

Goal

Government

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Growth

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Quotes by Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.

As the young leaders of tomorrow, you have the passion and energy and commitment to make a difference. What I’d like to really urge you do is to have a global vision. Go beyond your country; go beyond your national boundaries

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.

Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.

Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

Gender equality and women’s empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

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