Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not.

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Kofi Annan Quotes

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without...

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In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.

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Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives.

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Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and mutual respect between people of different faiths and cultures.

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This is an historic step forward in the world’s efforts to combat a truly global threat.

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Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls on the occupiers.

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In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering.

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The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.

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We can love what we are, without hating what, and who, we are not.

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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 must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.

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The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful.

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A citizen of the world in the fullest sense – one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of every creed and color.

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If you have a problem and you can’t find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.

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Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative forces of private entrepreneurship with the needs of the disadvantaged and the requirements of future generations.

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The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

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These divisions in the international community – the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

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I don’t see a situation where one side will win militarily, take over Syria, and there will be peace and quiet, a clean victory.

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We have to be very clear with the population and the countries we enter what we can do and what we cannot do.

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I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.

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