Ban Ki-moon World Quotations

THE WORLD is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.

Many say our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair.

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

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

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences so it is morally and politically correct that the developed world who made this climate change be responsible by providing financial support and technological support to these people.