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• Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

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  Opportunity, People, Profound

  Ban Ki-moon's closing remarks at High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, www.un.org. September 22, 2010.

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• This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.

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  Children, Eye, Our Generation

  Speech at Bali climate change conference 2007, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2007.

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• One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.

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  Memories, Rain, School

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• Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions, and budgets - an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums.

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  Country, Weather, Vacuums

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• Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all

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  Opportunity, Climate Action, Foundation

  "Climate change affects us all. So what's stopping us joining forces to act on it?" by Ban Ki-moon, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2014.

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• Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.

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  Progress, Fuel, Fossils

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• The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process. Where the death penalty persists, conditions for those awaiting execution are often horrifying, leading to aggravated suffering.

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  Suffering, Execution, Death Penalty

  "Taking of Life Too Absolute, Irreversible, Says Secretary-General at High-Level Event on Death Penalty, Urging End to Capital Punishment". Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a high-level event on the death penalty, in New York, www.un.org. July 3, 2012.

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• To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

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  Autism, Different, Our Society

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• We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.

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  Web Of Life, Way, Vegan

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• Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.

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  Children, Government, Soldier

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• We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That's why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.

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  Past, People, Leader

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences so it is morally and politically correct that the developed world who made this climate change be responsible by providing financial support and technological support to these people.

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  People, Support, Climate

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• My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.

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  Player, Thinking, Economics

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• Climate change...is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.

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  Challenges, Climate, Faces

  Ban Ki-moon's Remarks at 39th Plenary Assembly of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, www.un.org. August 10, 2009.

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• Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

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  Community, Development, Poverty

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• It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights. We have to work together to realize the equal rights promised to all by the United Nations Charter. And we must collectively give meaning to the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "no one shall be held in slavery or servitude"

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  Rights, Voice, Giving

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• I spend most of my time in South Korea but at least one-third of my time is spent traveling around the world, meeting people, speaking about climate change and sustainable development and trying to foster global citizenship especially for young people. What I observe is there clearly is a need for global citizenship. That is exactly right. We are having troubles around the world. We need global vision.

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  People, Vision, Trying

  Source: wwd.com

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• The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.

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  Mean, Climate, Needs

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• Reason doesn't mean very much in a country like North Korea.

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  Country, Mean, Korea

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• The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country's greatest strengths.

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  Country, Diversity, Unity

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• It is only natural that people's wishes and aspirations should be realized by the leaders of the region. As this wind of change blows, it is up to the leaders to seize this opportunity to look for the better future for their own people through bold reforms before it is too late, before the people are forced to take action.

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  Blow, Opportunity, Wind

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• The future of any leader or political systems is to be determined by the people of the country.

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  Country, People, Leader

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an Asian factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South America or Africa.

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  Differences, America, Atmosphere

  Ban-Ki moon speech at the United Nations climate change conference in Bali, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2007.

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• It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit from cultural diversity, and not be victimized by those who exploit differences.

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  Differences, Diversity, People

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• Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.

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  Nuclear Terrorism, Forever, Suffering

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