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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Achieve Broad Businesses Challenges Civil Civil Society Five Governments Great Great Things Hand-In-Hand Key Learned Lessons Main Nations Partnerships Society Solving Things United United Nations Work Years I Have Learned

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

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Between Communities Example Exposing Fault For Example Globalization Lines New Rural Urban

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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: About Am Banner Blue Continue Development Expectations Flag Hard Hope How Human Human Rights Humanitarian Life-Saving Meet Millions Millions Of People Our Peacekeeping People Prepare Relief Rights Second Second Term See Term Thinking Who Work I Am

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

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Critical Disarmament Global Ideals Non-Proliferation Nuclear Peace Security Utopian

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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Blueprint Challenges Development Dignity Eight Equality Equity Established Extreme Free Goals Human Human Dignity Measurable Millennium Most Our Our Time Pledge Poverty Pressing Principles Set Tackling Targets Time Uphold Were World

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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Addressing Around Benefits Change Climate Climate Change Economic Enormous Existential Harness Inherent Opportunities Reap Threat World

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We must confront persecution faced by many Christian communities and the intolerance that plagues us. We must overcome anti-Semitism and the prejudice that divides us. We must defeat Islamophobia and the fears that weaken us.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Anti-Semitism Christian Communities Confront Defeat Divides Faced Fears Intolerance Many Must Overcome Persecution Prejudice Us Weaken

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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Build Capacity Carbon Cities Concerned Economic Engine Environment Equity Footprint Global Help Important Mayors Opportunity Our Planning Protect Reduce Running Social Sustainable Those Together Us Why Work Work Together

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Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Business Children Civil Civil Society Drive Economies Educators Engagement Families Full Government Half Hold Increasingly Leaders More Much Natural Need Potential Raise Represent Sky Society Than Together Up Women World

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Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Address Alone Arise Arms Chronic Concerns Control Crime Degradation Demographic Developments Diseases Economic Environmental Governance Grave Inequality Organized Other Pandemic Poverty Repressive Result Security State Trends

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Biography

Nationality: South Korean

Type: Leader

Born: June 13th, 1944

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