International Community Quotes - Page 4

• Mass killing has very clearly not been eliminated, nor has the 'international community' developed a response that will avert it or bring it to a quick end.

  Elliott Abrams

  Community, Killing, Ends

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• When it comes to reconstruction, before we turn to the American taxpayer, we will turn first to the resources of the Iraqi government and the international community.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Government, Community, Firsts

  Text of Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Committee, www.nytimes.com. March 27, 2003.

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• China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to tell people: Look, we are the same. They want to be accepted by the international community.

  Ai Weiwei

  People, Effort, Community

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Once again, victims of disaster have turned to the UN and the international community in their time of need, .. The world needs the UN's leadership in these times, and the UN needs the world's support. We are communicating with the UN and its agencies to learn where UN Foundation funds may be of greatest assistance to the UN's relief efforts.

  Ted Turner

  Communication, Agency, Support

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• So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

  Michael Howard

  Peace, War, Government

  Michael Howard (1962). “The Causes of Wars and Other Essays”, p.25, Harvard University Press

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• Drug and human traffic are getting a lot more attention than illicit wildlife trafficking. And just as we need to intensify our efforts to combat drug trade and human trafficking, we also need to intensify our efforts to combat illicit wildlife trafficking...They all need to be addressed through bold and consistent actions by the international community.

  Robert Hormats

  Effort, Community, Drug

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• We have nothing to hide and it should be clear for the international community whose fault it was that the last closed European border was not open.

  Serzh Sargsyan

  Community, Borders, Lasts

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• Some countries such as Iran and Syria are using the commotion to distract attention from their own problems with the international community. The Palestinians, who have been deeply divided since their election, have found a common enemy in Denmark that unites them. Extremists and fundamentalists are exploiting the conflict to promote their radical agenda and win new members.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Country, Winning, Iran

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The place where the interests of all parties come together is the international community, along with its resolutions.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Party, Community, Together

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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.

  Kofi Annan

  Community, Bears, Division

  "Kofi Annan on 40 Years Trying to End War, Promote Peace at the United Nations". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. September 18, 2012.

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• It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.

  Shinzo Abe

  Peace, Loss, Mass Destruction

  "Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS" by Stephen Kalin, www.reuters.com. January 17, 2015.

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• Extremism and Islam are completely different things, we strongly demand the immediate release of the Japanese citizens unharmed ... The international community needs to respond firmly and cooperate without caving into terrorism.

  Shinzo Abe

  Community, Islam, Different

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• Senator Obama will be taking office at a critical juncture. There are many pressing challenges facing the international community, including the global financial crisis and global warming. We look forward to working closely with President-elect Obama and his team to address these challenges.

  Helen Clark

  Team, Office, Community

  "George Bush tells Barack Obama: 'Congratulations and go enjoy yourself'". www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2008.

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• Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Community, Attention

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• My view is that the time has come for the international community to act on Zimbabwe in the way that it did in Bosnia. I do not think that we are going to get free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.

  Raila Odinga

  Thinking, Zimbabwe, Views

  "Foreboding rises over Zimbabwe". news.bbc.co.uk. June 19, 2008.

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• What if [Saddam] fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction? ... Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.

  William J. Clinton

  Opportunity, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.233, Best Books on

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• I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene [in Kosovo]. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody [Clinton] is doing something.

  Mike Farrell

  Thinking, Community, Levels

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• In Burma, we are being told by so-called experts and some governments that we must be patient and that there can be incremental change through Parliament. The UN did this, and failed spectacularly, and while they did, the human rights situation got worse. The dictatorship ignored the UN and international community, making not a single concession. Now we are being told again these Parliaments are new, we should engage with them and if improved they can bring positive change. I don't place any hope in that.

  Zoya Phan

  Rights, Government, Community

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.

  Jenny Shipley

  Adoption, Community, Messages

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• The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with.

  Alija Izetbegovic

  People, Community, Bosnia

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• The international community must offer short-term emergency measures to meet critical needs. But it must also make longer-term investments to promote food production and agricultural development, enhance food security and maintain and accelerate momentum towards the MDGs.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Mdgs, Community, Needs

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• Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

  Alcee Hastings

  Commitment, Years, Punishment

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• I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

  Colin Powell

  Community, United States, International

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• It’s not just Israel who refuses to speak to Hamas. It’s the whole international community… Most of the democratic world refuses to have a relationship with Hamas because Hamas has refused to meet the most minimal benchmarks of international behavior.

  Mark Regev

  Israel, Community, World

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• Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first
  international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the
  adoption of the first human rights laws and to the creation of the
  first human rights non-governmenta l organization. And yet despite
  the efforts of the international community to combat this abhorrent
  practice, it is still widely prevalent in all
  its insidious forms, old and new.

  Kofi Annan

  Real, Rights, Law

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