Ban Ki-moon Life Quotations

We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.

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

We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

When food prices surge, poor families suddenly find themselves unable to afford enough nutritious food. If this happens during the first thousand days of a child's life, the damage to his or her body and mind can be permanent.

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