We need to tackle energy poverty.

Equality for women is progress for all.

The longer we delay, the more we will pay.

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.

Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children.

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

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

A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.

Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin

The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.

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

I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.

As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.

When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons.

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

Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.

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

Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.

We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons.

Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.

Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.

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

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.

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

Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.

With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.

Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.

Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.

All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

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

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

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.

Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.

The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.

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