A Quote by Achim Steiner

Many of our partners are here and this is where the world's expertise on environment and the wider sustainability agenda often and regularly gathers. Here is where international initiatives frequently start and are nurtured. Geneva is one of the hubs where global programs can be often most effectively managed.

Achim Steiner

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Agenda Effectively Environment Expertise Frequently Geneva Global Initiatives International Many Most Nurtured Often Our Partners Programs Regularly Start Sustainability Wider World

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Achim Steiner
Brazilian - Politician
Born: 1961

Videos of Antifa violence, some of them doctored, are regularly shared on conservative, pro-Trump and conspiracy theory-pushing websites, often with commentary that suggests the media purposefully ignores those events. These videos often do not often include wider context or numbers.

Elizabeth Flock

We know that the government in China has been involved in cyber attacks before. I look at our partners around the world, our traditional allies, our NATO partners who are making the same assessment. We share so much with them and rely on their technology, their expertise and interoperability in many aspects of our own armed forces.

Andrew Scheer

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Vladimir Putin

Trucking-company terminals are places where paperwork gets filled out, driving orders are given, and partners are assigned. They can often be social hubs for drivers, breaking up the monotony and solitude they face on the road.

Mary Pilon

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Mario J. Molina

The United States is strongly committed to the IPCC process of international cooperation on global climate change. We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global environment, to assess the potential for future climate change, and to develop effective programs. The state of the science, the social and economic impacts, and the appropriate strategies all are crucial components to a global resolution. The stakes here are very high; the consequences, very significant.

George H. W. Bush

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Alexey Miller

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Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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Sher Valenzuela

The spirit of International Geneva is not only a catchword. It stands for Switzerland's commitment to advance international cooperation and dialogue - and we make every effort to ensure that the dynamics of the Geneva spirit are real.

Didier Burkhalter

Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often highly technical - national and international policy battles.

Rebecca MacKinnon

In those days we were punished very frequently and I felt that it was often unjust, and so I would resist the desire to agree with many, many things. So I used to get beaten quite frequently and I more or less accepted it as part of life.

Edmund Hillary

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Martin Rees

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Sonam Wangchuk

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