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UNESCO is the conscience of the United Nations. -- Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority. -- Lakhdar Brahimi
There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states. -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be. -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations. -- Arthur Henderson
The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO. -- Pele
What matters is the people. We must ensure that the United Nations is supported by the people and that it reflects the will of the people. -- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries. -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy. -- Kofi Annan
The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot. -- Asma Jahangir
The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the victims of wars and natural disasters. -- Bill Bradley
The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. -- Jeffrey Sachs
If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. -- Norman Cousins
The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line... -- Javier Perez de Cuellar
If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. -- Kofi Annan
The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of its potentialities can bring a real and secure peace to the world. -- Trygve Lie
There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them. -- Lakhdar Brahimi
Another reason why I am always close to the people, because the communication is very important. When I stopped to play soccer I continued to... I continued to work with UNICEF. I did a lot of work with UNESCO. We did a lot of charity programme and games. -- Pele
Sir Julian Huxley, one of the world's leading evolutionists, head of UNESCO, descendant of Thomas Huxley - Darwin's bulldog - said on a talk show, 'I suppose the reason we leaped at The Origin of Species was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores.'. -- Julian Huxley
Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality. -- Lester B. Pearson
I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of the Universe pageant, which is charity-based, to benefit UNESCO. For me, the most important thing is that contestants have a charity-based platform or charity ambition. -- Joyce Giraud
I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward. -- Herbie Hancock
We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it. -- Andy Rooney
I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world. -- Joyce Giraud
I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process. -- Joshua Lederberg
I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water. -- Joyce Giraud

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