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Ban Ki-moon (/bæn/; Hangul: 반기문; Hanja: 潘基文; Korean pronunciation: [pan.ɡi.mun]; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India.

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Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.

Economic, Fossils, Fuel, Jeopardising, Progress

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

Peace, People, Prosperity, Security, Terrorism

I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors, townships and community leaders.

Community, Leader, Risk, Climate, Increasing

Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.

Attitude, Law, Cuba, Complacency, Violence, Behavior

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.

Economic, Energy, Growth, Thread, Thrive, World

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

Boys, Engagement, Gender, Girl, Responsibility, Women

Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries. . . Thanks to their efforts, life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered and economic development can begin.

Country, Men, Effort, Delivered, Begin, Deployed

You are already leaders. Your ideas, your actions and your decisions make a difference. More than any other generation, you have a voice. Social networking is changing how we interact - and it can change our world. You are in touch with peers from around the world. You understand the power of instant communication. I appeal to you to use that power for the common good, the power of communication and the power of networking.

Communication, Ideas, Make, Networking, Voice

My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.

Economics, Player, Politics, Regionally, Thinking

Only through women's full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter.

Achieve, Charter, Equal, Peaceful, Public, Society

As the young leaders of tomorrow, you have the passion and energy and commitment to make a difference. What I'd like to really urge you do is to have a global vision. Go beyond your country; go beyond your national boundaries

Commitment, Country, Passion, Tomorrow, Vision

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family

Expression, Fabric, Family, Safety

The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process. . . Where the death penalty persists, conditions for those awaiting execution are often horrifying, leading to aggravated suffering.

Conditions, Death Penalty, Execution, Inflict, Irreversible, Suffering

People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.

People, Humanity, United States, Look, States

We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today, climate change, into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future

Challenges, Facing, Humankind, Opportunity, Progress, Today

I have been urging the leaders to listen to the aspirations and challenges of their own people, and engage in dialogue and take very bold measures. Normally, to their regret, these measures and bold reforms come too late, too little.

Regret, People, Leader, Bold, Listen

From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging of human rights and the abandonment of longstanding humanitarian principles. We need competent and responsible states to meet the needs of "we the peoples" for whom the UN was created. And the world's peoples will not be fully served unless peace, development and human rights, the three pillars of the UN, are advanced together with equal vigour.

Advanced, Asia, Meet, Ravaging, Rights, Together

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.

Mdgs, Community, Emergencies, Towards, Investments, Critical

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.

Children, Drinking, Keeping, Mother, World

I spend most of my time in South Korea but at least one-third of my time is spent traveling around the world, meeting people, speaking about climate change and sustainable development and trying to foster global citizenship especially for young people. What I observe is there clearly is a need for global citizenship. That is exactly right. We are having troubles around the world. We need global vision.

People, Vision, Trying, Citizenship, Having, Young

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