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Quotes About Global

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?
~ Kofi Annan
By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
~ Barbara Demick
There is no such thing as the United Nations.
~ John Bolton
The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.
~ Shirley Temple
And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.
~ George Carey
United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.
~ Richard Holbrooke
The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
~ Ban Ki-moon
Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
~ Ban Ki-moon
I will do everything in my power to ensure that our United Nations can live up to its name, and be truly united; so that we can live up to the hopes that so many people around the world place in this institution, which is unique in the annals of human history.
~ Ban Ki-moon
The new millennium began with a great global dream. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in 2000 and adopted, among others, a historic goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Never in human history had such a bold goal been adopted by the entire world in one voice, one that specified time and size.
~ Muhammad Yunus
As the largest contributor to the United Nations and funder of international family planning, the U.S. is in a unique position to continue to lead the global agenda and place reproductive health at its core.
~ Mike Quigley
Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.
~ Ban Ki-moon
The United Nations has an irreplaceable role in dealing with global issues. While other international bodies play important roles, the U.N. is the only truly global arena where we can achieve results for the global good.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
Growing up where I grew up in Queens, you have the United Nations all around you.
~ Nadia Ali
We need a relevant and efficient United Nations.
~ Goran Persson
We are now changing the culture at the United Nations. And with that, we're changing the culture in the world in the discussions that we're having.
~ Nikki Haley
What keeps me awake at night is the issue of relevance of the United Nations.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
There are few forces for good as extensive and important as the United Nations. Being able to work with them and other global aid organisations for World Humanitarian Day is a humbling and extraordinary opportunity.
~ David Droga
When Barack Obama was running for president, he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways.
~ Richard Grenell
The United Nations Award for India's efforts in the field of environment conservation has made every Indian proud.
~ Ram Nath Kovind
One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.
~ Fannie Lou Hamer
The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going.
~ Al Gore
To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.
~ Isoroku Yamamoto
Securing a sustainable, safe food supply and supporting the agriculture industry at home and abroad enables the United States to serve as a global leader in national security.
~ Will Hurd