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" Shifting towards low-carbon energy systems can avert climate catastrophe while creating new opportunities for investment, growth, and employment. "

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" In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. "

" Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N. "

" The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. "

" Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. "

" I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it. "

" Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. "

" In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. "

" The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments. "

" Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. "

" Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. "

" 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 people share the benefits of globalization. "

" Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. "

" We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. "

" As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. "

" Sometimes leaders slide from the role of freedom fighter into the presidency, which they may be unsuited for, but everyone accepts it until they hit the bump in the road. "

" Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets. "

" If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy. "

" To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. "

" Change is a process which has to be managed. "

" When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate. "

" The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country. "

" We cannot allow situations where leaders threaten war on television or on Twitter. "

" On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen. "

" To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience. "

" One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king. "

" Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked. "

" If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. "

" Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? "

" It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. "

" No single solution or actor can deal with the complex and interrelated challenges to electoral integrity arising from manipulated data, hate speech, and fake news. These phenomena are not new; they have been part of electoral cycles since the advent of democracy. "