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" Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Human
Human Rights
Values
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" My own country, Slovakia, has been there for South Sudan and its people. We made South Sudan a priority country of our official development assistance and humanitarian aid. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Development
My Own
People
" The General Assembly is a unique organ. It's the most representative organ of the United Nations, where all 193 Member States are present. Each has one vote regardless of its size, power, or wealth. That gives the body a huge authority. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Body
Power
Size
" People are saying that the next war will be about water. Let's make sure there will be no next war, and let's make sure that we treat water the way it deserves. "
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War
Treat
Saying
" The United Nations is here to provide global guidance and also to help with global frameworks and to set the policies right. But then, it's the member states who have to implement those policies. "
Miroslav Lajcak
United Nations
Right
Help
" I wish to pay attention to what we can do better to prevent conflict. Because by avoiding conflict, we save human lives, and we also save money. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Better
Money
Attention
" Our people have not been exposed to Muslims, and they are frightened. It's a new phenomenon for them... Hundreds of Muslims mean nothing in Belgium or London, but it does mean something in Slovakia. "
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People
Been
London
" The E.U. should pay more attention to the plight of African nations hosting large numbers of refugees themselves - at times for decades. "
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Hosting
Pay
More
" The U.N. has brought peace and order to many places around the world. However, terrorism, violent extremism, violations of human rights, natural disasters caused by climate change - they all threaten the lives of people today. Add migration, insufficient health care, lack of education, and the picture gets even bleaker. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Health
Education
Peace
" We need to address significant funding gaps when it comes to implementing the SDGs. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Address
Funding
Significant
" By unwillingly robbing post-conflict nations of their most talented people, we in Europe are improving the odds these states fail, and feed the vicious circle of future conflicts. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Improving
People
Odds
" What keeps me awake at night is the issue of relevance of the United Nations. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Awake
United Nations
United
" I want to use but not misuse my position as President of the General Assembly. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Want
General
President
" I do believe we can do more to bring the U.N. closer to the world's citizen and make a real difference in their lives. "
Miroslav Lajcak
World
Believe
Citizen
" The Commission is extremely important. The E.U. without the Commission would not be the European Union. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Commission
Union
Without
" Everyone who has ever asked for asylum in Slovakia was granted asylum if that person met the conditions. There was never any discrimination based on religion. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Religion
Person
Discrimination
" As our world gets more interconnected, no one country or region can meet development challenges on its own. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Country
World
Own
" 'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Rules
Respect
Rich
" We need to address issues our people think about and talk about. Because there is a feeling that Europe elites are addressing different issues. Not the ones that people care about. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Care
Need
" Real political will for change is achieved when the risks associated with the necessary political and structural changes are articulated at the planning stages, the key stakeholders acknowledge and accept those changes, and all stakeholders participate in the relevant processes. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Political
Planning
Key
" U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Employees
Leadership
Gender
" It's the right and also the responsibility of member states to express their views. And my role as the present of the General Assembly is not to comment on this. I'm here to protect and respect the rules. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Rules
Responsibility
Respect
" Membership of the E.U. is not about cherry picking. It brings a lot of advantages and, of course, it requires a lot of responsibilities. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Lot
Membership
Course
" Climate change is not a theoretical question for the people of the Caribbean. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Question
Change
Climate Change
" Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Conflict
Turn
Non-Violence
" If there is one thing we need to avoid, it is competition between E.U. institutions. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Competition
Need
Avoid
" Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Talk
Engagement
Always
" South Sudan has faced numerous challenges, which include professionalising the security sector, establishing ministries and parliamentary structures with the appropriate capacity for policy making and oversight, as well as improving community safety and access to justice. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Community
Challenges
Safety
" Better governance helps realize the full potential of the many young Africans who are currently giving their families' savings to criminal networks and risking their lives in the vast expanses of the Sahara or Mediterranean instead of starting their own businesses and using their lives to benefit their families and communities. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Young
Better
Giving
" The U.K. should be treated with respect because it deserves respect. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Respect
Should
Because
" It is far easier and more effective - and not just in terms of cost - to prevent conventional conflicts than to intervene after an eruption of violence. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Violence
Than
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