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Far too often, girls are not given the space and opportunities they need to achieve their full potential.
At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.
Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.
Humanitarian response, sustainable development, and sustaining peace are three sides of the same triangle.
The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.
I'm not a multilateralist against anybody. I'm a multilateralist because I believe in a multilateral order.
The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
Preventing conflict means going back to basics - strengthening institutions and building resilient societies.
We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.
Migratory birds connect people, ecosystems, and nations. They are symbols of peace and of an interconnected planet.
My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.
If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.
Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.
Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realise their full potential.
Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.
When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people - they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.
Gender equality has a transformative effect that is essential to fully functioning communities, societies, and economies.
All Bangladeshi citizens, including minorities and women, must feel safe and confident in exercising their right to vote.
I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.
A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.
I'll put everything I have in my capacity at the service of the noble cause and noble values of the U.N. and the U.N. Charter.
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.
Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.
Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.
Denying the rights of women and girls is not only wrong in itself; it has a serious social and economic impact that holds us all back.
There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.
We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.
Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war.
Our world needs to move from managing crises to preventing them in the first place. Too often, the world responds too late and too little.
Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.
Conflicts are multiplying - people are suffering. But we don't give up, because we know every man, woman, and child deserves a life of peace.
I think Australia is an extremely relevant partner and a key instrument for the stability, the progress, and the support of the East Timorese.
We cannot leave the Central Africans abandoned. Everyone needs to be mobilized to help this country build a future that Central Africans deserve.
The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition.
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.
The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.
Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.
Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history.
There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.
United Nations Day marks the birthday of our founding Charter - the landmark document that embodies the hopes, dreams and aspirations of 'we the peoples.'
Migration powers economic growth, reduces inequalities, and connects diverse societies. Yet it is also a source of political tensions and human tragedies.
As a global society, we have the technology, resources and the know-how to make a massive difference to living standards everywhere, including for refugees.
You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.
Plastic waste is now found in the most remote areas of the planet. It kills marine life and is doing major harm to communities that depend on fishing and tourism.
Human rights are being violated in so many places. But we don't give up because we know respect for human rights and human dignity is a basic condition for peace.
We want the world our children inherit to be defined by the values enshrined in the U.N. Charter: peace, justice, respect, human rights, tolerance, and solidarity.
You see in Islam, you see in Christianity, you see in Africa, in different religions, in Buddhism and Hinduism, there is a strong commitment to refugee protection.