229 Quotes by Ban Ki-Moon

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

A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.

Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It is a threat to all women, and an obstacle to all our efforts for development, peace, and gender equality in all societies. Violence against women is always a violation of human rights; it is always a crime; and it is always unacceptable. Let us take this issue with the deadly seriousness that it deserves.

Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.

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

Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.

Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.

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