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" 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. "
Kofi Annan
People
Globalization
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" More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. "
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" I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it. "
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" I think it is important to speak out. "
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" We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. "
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" Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and respect for human rights. "
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" Change is a process which has to be managed. "
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" 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. "
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" To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience. "
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" One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king. "
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King
Character
" We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. "
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Find
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" What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. "
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Sometimes
Collective
" I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist. "
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Am
Born
" Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? "
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Our
Reputation
" Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. "
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Relevant
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" It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. "
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" We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. "
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Better
Alive
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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You
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Mission
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" Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. "
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" My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work. "
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Work
Accept