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The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every individual have a role to play in changing entrenched outlooks and ending destructive patterns of behaviour

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Kofi Annan
Age: 80 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 8
Died: 2018
Died: August 18
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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 am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.
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One must also acknowledge that there are moments in an organisation's development when fresh blood and new vision are required, which may imply that an outsider may be better suited to the leadership role.
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Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.
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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
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Most people forget that even in Iraq, by the time the air and no-fly zone was established, the air defence system had been removed through the first Gulf war. All of them had been neutralised.
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There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick and choose where it suits you and when it doesn't suit you, you pull back.
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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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If the United Nations is not as united as it should be, that is because it is a reflection of the world we live in.
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When so many lives are at risk, when so much killing is going on, when there's so much chaos and suffering, isn't the risk warranted? ... And if we don't take the risk of coming to the conference, what do we do? We let it continue?
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Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
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When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.
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[Professional accountants ] should be encouraging companies to enhance their green credentials by switching to renewables, and to respect core labor standards and human rights.
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The future belongs to you, but it can only belong to you if you participate and take charge
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I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.
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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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If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
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Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.
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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
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