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We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

- Kofi Annan
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In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.

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?

Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.

Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and respect for human rights.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate.

Pekerjaan global Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa bukan tanpa alasan dibandingkan dengan pekerjaan keluarga - berjuang untuk tujuan bersama bersama dengan semua anggota untuk masa depan yang lebih baik.

I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

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We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.