• Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  PoliticianIranian1956 · 20th century

  3.8 · 62 votes · 1 reads

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• Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military

  

  Barack Obama

  PoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century

  4.4 · 22 votes · 122 reads

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• Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  PoliticianIranian1956 · 20th century

  3.8 · 28 votes · 193 reads

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• The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

  

  John Williams

  MusicianAmerican1932 · 20th century

  3.9 · 24 votes · 175 reads

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• The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

  

  Michelle Bachelet

  PoliticianChilean1951 · 20th century

  3.5 · 54 votes · 44 reads

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• The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

  

  Ted Turner

  BusinessmanAmerican1938 · 20th century

  4.4 · 13 votes · 183 reads

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• The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  PoliticianIranian1956 · 20th century

  3.6 · 14 votes · 195 reads

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• U.N. Women was created due to the acknowledgement that gender equality and women's empowerment was still, despite progress, far from what it should be. Transforming political will and decisions, such as the Member States creating U.N. Women, into concrete

  

  Michelle Bachelet

  PoliticianChilean1951 · 20th century

  4.4 · 39 votes · 136 reads

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• We in the West should stand by our core principles.

  

  Jose Maria Aznar

  PoliticianSpanish1953 · 20th century

  3.2 · 42 votes · 20 reads

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• We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.

  

  Jose Maria Aznar

  PoliticianSpanish1953 · 20th century

  4.5 · 43 votes · 190 reads

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• We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follo

  

  Vladimir Putin

  PoliticianRussian1952 · 20th century

  5.0 · 37 votes · 6 reads

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• We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some.

  

  Jose Maria Aznar

  PoliticianSpanish1953 · 20th century

  4.9 · 6 votes · 95 reads

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• We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of

  

  Michelle Bachelet

  PoliticianChilean1951 · 20th century

  3.5 · 47 votes · 29 reads

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• Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enfor

  

  Barack Obama

  PoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century

  4.4 · 27 votes · 61 reads

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• Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.

  

  Michelle Bachelet

  PoliticianChilean1951 · 20th century

  4.7 · 46 votes · 96 reads

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