Ban Ki-moon Quotes About Poverty

Quotes about: Poverty

• I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Girl, Growing Up, Believe

• Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Fighting, People, Water

  "GDP Not Good Enough: The Need for a New Metric for Growth in a Changing World" by Pallavi Roy, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2016.

• Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

  Ban Ki-moon

  Victory, Poverty

• Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Community, Development, Poverty

• Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Plenty of food, but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. Huge advances in medicine while mothers die every day in childbirth, and children die every day from drinking dirty water. Billions spent on weapons to kill people instead of keeping them safe.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Mother, Children, Dirty

  Opening Remarks at Press Event on Day of Seven Billion, www.un.org. October 31, 2011.

• Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Fighting, People, Growth

  "To End Poverty, Act on Climate" by Kathy Calvin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2014.

• Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Opportunity, People, Profound

  Ban Ki-moon's closing remarks at High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, www.un.org. September 22, 2010.

• The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is a key to all problems. Why? Because it allows us to address all the great issues-poverty, climate, environment and political stability-as parts of the whole.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Block, Issues, Keys

• Many say our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Our World, Risk, Together

• Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Issues, Water, Needs

• It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Disease, Poverty, Steps

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