21 Quotes by Ban Ki Moon

The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'

Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it.

Climate change is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.

The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.

Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin.

Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.

I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.

To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle. Any attack on you is an attack on the universal values the United Nations and I have sworn to defend and uphold. Today, I stand with you, and I call upon all countries and people to stand with you, too.