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Governments have to conclude a fair, universal, and binding climate agreement, by which every country commits to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
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To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience.
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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
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It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
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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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The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments.
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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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If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?
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We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
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Change is a process which has to be managed.
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
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Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.
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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
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