Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The U.N. must have adequate resources and the right capabilities to fully engage in global peacekeeping. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Must
Engage
Right
Related Quotes:
" 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
" 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. "
Miroslav Lajcak
War
Treat
Saying
" 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
" Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Talk
Engagement
Always
" The U.N. was created for people. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Created
" 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
" We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more resilient. "
Miroslav Lajcak
More
Better
Cannot
" I have absolutely no doubts that the best for the U.K. is to stay in the European Union. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Best
Absolutely
Doubts
" Climate change is not a theoretical question for the people of the Caribbean. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Question
Change
Climate Change
" The U.K. should be treated with respect because it deserves respect. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Respect
Should
Because
" We will continue our work on the Global Compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Safe
Will
Work
" I'm a career diplomat. I spent 30 years as a diplomat, out of which seven years as foreign minister. I've always believed in the United Nations as a centre of multilateralism and multilateral diplomacy. "
Miroslav Lajcak
United Nations
Years
Always
" 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
" If there is one thing we need to avoid, it is competition between E.U. institutions. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Competition
Need
Avoid
" People are afraid of what they don't know. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Afraid
Know
" The Commission is extremely important. The E.U. without the Commission would not be the European Union. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Commission
Union
Without
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Whenever there is a need to address an issue that has emerged and the U.N. is expected to deal with, we should be ready to do so. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Should
Need
Deal
" We need to address significant funding gaps when it comes to implementing the SDGs. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Address
Funding
Significant
" When my country was born, many people were sceptical about the chances for us to exist, let alone prosper. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Born
Exist
People
" I really don't want to live in a world where the U.N. will not be relevant, will not be seen as the enterprise we turn to when we have a problem. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Live
Want
Will
" 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
" The longer it takes to respond to a major development or crisis, the higher the chance of violence being seen as the only answer. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Violence
Chance
Development
" Sustaining Peace is happening. But it is the exception - not the norm. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Peace
Happening
Sustaining
" 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
" 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
More
" 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
" 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. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Been
London