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"À chaque fois que la chasse recule, c'est le Coca-Cola qui s'avance."
"אם לא תהיה ברירה, נכריז מלחמה נגד המליונרים במדינת ישראל. הקרקע כל כך בוערת, שעשירי הארץ לא יתפלאו אם יגיעו קבוצות שפשוט יעלו על הבתים שלהם, ויגרשו אותם מהבית, או שהבנות שלהם כבר לא יוכלו להסתובב בחוץ. כל אחד יצטרך להקים משטרה פרטית. כשיתחילו המאבקים, שמבהירים את העובדה שאי אפשר להמשיך במצב שבו יש קבוצות שצוברות הון ומתעשרות באופן אגדי, ואחרים שנשארים כל כך מאחור, שאף אחד לא ישלה את עצמו שהבית שלו והחצר שלו מחוץ למשחק"
"The targeted assassination policy is a correct one. It is inconceivable that terrorists could operate freely without the ground quaking under their feet."
"At the first stages of negotiations, we will not release prisoners with blood on their hands. However, as part of a final agreement, I do not rule out this option. Offering hope for a better future is more important than grieving the past."
"צריך לדאוג שלא יהיו פה פעולות ראווה ולא ענישה קולקטיווית, אבל הלגיטימציה שתהיה לי להילחם בטרור תהיה גדולה יותר מאשר של כל מועמד אחר"
"When my mother delivered me, she didn't have milk, and I was breastfed by an Arab woman. Maybe that had an effect on my leftist views."
"If a labor leader of national scale is arrested by the police, I will call a general strike."
"צריך להפסיק עם הדיבורים שאם נבנה עוד מפעלים, נצטרך לקנות פחות שניים שלושה אף-16. זה ממש לא שם. צריך קודם כל לקבוע את היעדים. בוא נקבע מה היעד, אני בטוח שנמצא לזה מקורות. ואם, לא תהיה בררה, ושאלת האף-16 תעמוד מול ערך האדם, אני אכריע לטובת האדם, ולא לטובת האף-16"
"I hope the next minister is not as radical as Marina. She was an obstacle to economic development in Brazil."
"The acute threat of the climate crisis, which has brought record heat to many South American countries, meant the summit had to be more than a show of unity; it needed to produce concrete and continuous results to ensure the Amazon did not reach a point where it starts to dry up and die off, which scientists have warned is drawing closer."
"The main reason is the decision of Lula to aim for zero deforestation. Since then, we have created new conservation units and indigenous territories that have produced some results … Now we need to move towards a new model of prosperity that is less predatory, less damaging to local people and the forest."
"It’s different now. The problem is more serious and more complex, but we have more experience and we know how to do it,”"
"Recognises the role of tropical forest conservention for biodiversity, carbon sequestion and cooling, as well as its importance for social and economic development""
"But to my mind, it is not a politician's job to turn policeman. The most important thing about transparency of electoral financing is that one does not get the wrong sort of associations emerging. And they cannot emerge if one does not know the source of the money."
"Not even Hollywood would consider the script of credible."
"This is a machine and anything can go wrong with it."
"If the government is convinced that he is innocent and that he has been a victim of mistaken identity, it should move ahead to save him."
"Do you expect teachers to draw on the blackboard, how to wear a condom? This would be surely embarrassing to our teachers. The curriculum must be changed to suit Indian conditions."
"We have to reduce our carbon emissions. But I have not created the carbon emission problems, which have been done by others. But I am not into any blame game. The issue is that I have a right to grow. India and developing countries have the right to grow. These are the emerging economies. To that end, we need to grow. Our net emission may increase."
"Historical responsibility is a fact. It cannot be wished away. We are just 2.4 percent of the world's historical emissions."
"We have opened a new chapter of hope in the lives of 7 billion people on the planet. We have [the planet] on loan from future generations. We have today reassured these future generations that we will all together … give them a better earth."
"No country allows such slogans anywhere in the world. Show me a country and give me some reasons to allow such things. This is never allowed and should not be allowed."
"Innovation is a process of rebellion essentially. Unless you rebel, unless you challenge the status quo, how can you innovate anything"
"Why do we lack innovation in India? Because, we don't allow questioning. We don't promote inquisitiveness. If a child asks questions in school, he is asked to sit down. This should not go on. We need to promote inquisitiveness, children should ask questions"
"We condemn the attack on press freedom in #Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this."
"It time to declare Salafism outlawed. As sectarian drift, or as affecting the fundamental interests of the Nation, choose the safest way."
"I don't mind London being so attractive to the French, but what I don't want is for there to be a widening gap between the two where London is attractive and Paris less so. I want it to be self-evident that Paris is the place to be. If you leave for a professional opportunity, that is understandable, but to leave because you have the impression you can't succeed where you are, can't live in your life, that's a different matter."
"I have always got on well with Rachida, She's someone who has all sorts of qualities, an incredible energy, an important presence. She leaves no one indifferent."
"I don't buy the prevailing theory that capitals are becoming increasingly Left-wing, they are in full globalisation and reconstruction mode, with huge tectonic shifts, a fusion of cultures. Whoever has the vision and personality to run such world cities is the right person. It's less about the political card you carry."
"You have to decide whether you want to take part in politics or not. We're a republic, not a monarchy, and the partner should be like in Germany, where Angela Merkel's companion is rarely mentioned."
"Have you ever tried to take the metro with a pushchair? I have two small boys. It's a nightmare, you can't replace that with a vélib [Mr Delanoë's bike rental scheme]. Lots of middle-class families with children are obliged to leave, due to economic and housing issues. The Left denies it, but more and more are going out to the suburbs."
"My only fight is for Paris."
"We have reached a level of insanity and delusion, to take a situation from the battlefield, when soldiers are under stress and explosive devices are being thrown at them and attempts are being made to infiltrate, and to take their human response and judge them from the armchairs in ?"
"Well the laws of Australia prevail in Australia, I can assure you of that. The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia.""
"Right after the inauguration, President Trump made introductory phone calls to foreign heads of state. His conversation with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, a close US ally, was a sign of what was to come. The prime minister pressed the president on whether he would follow through on a deal on refugees previously negotiated between the two countries. "This deal would make me look terrible," he reportedly told Turnbull. "I think it is a horrible deal, a disgusting deal that I would have never made." Despite the prime minister's attempts to reason with him, Trump shut down the conversation. "I have had it. I have been making these calls all day, and this is the most unpleasant call all day." Then he hung up."
"Being a member of EU comes with rights and benefits. Third countries (non members as the UK will be after Brexit) can never have the same rights and benefits since they are not subject to the same obligations. The single market and its four freedoms (which includes freedom of movement) are indivisible. Cherry picking is not an option."
"The UK's departure from the EU would have consequences"
"Nothing should put peace at risk"
"This negotiation will not only be financial, legal or technical - in my view, it will first [be] human and social and economic,"
"It's not about punishment, it is not about revenge. Basically, we are implementing the decision taken by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, and unravel 43 years of patiently-built relations. I will do all I can to put emotion to one side and stick to the facts, the figures, and the legal basis, and work with the United Kingdom to find an agreement in that frame of mind."
"We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit"
"We want EU citizens in Britain to have the same rights as British citizens who live in the EU"
"I'm not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking."
"There are extremely serious consequences of leaving the single market and it hasn't been explained to the British people."
"I have a state of mind - not aggressive... but I'm not naïve."
"We intend to teach people what leaving the single market means"
"[A deal on the common travel area between the UK and Republic of Ireland must] respect both the integrity of the single market... and the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts"
"No deal will be a very bad deal."
"To be clear: without a [border] backstop, there can be no withdrawal agreement"
"The UK's decision to opt out of free movement rules and largely end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice means that the UK cannot take part in the European Arrest Warrant"
"The single market is our main economic public good. There will be no damaging it, no unravelling what we have achieved together with the UK."
"The EU is prepared to offer Britain a partnership such as there never has been with any other third country"
"Theresay May's plans] would be the end of the single market and the European project"
"[The Chequers plan] is useful because it clearly defines what the wishes are for the UK for future relations."
"It is not possible to get freedom for goods without freedom for services, in particular for the movement of people"
"Brexit was not our choice, it is the choice of the UK. Our proposal tries to help the UK in managing the negative fallout of Brexit in Northern Ireland in a way that respects the territorial integrity of the UK."
"We are still not there. There are still several issues which remain unresolved, including that of Ireland, and therefore what I understand is that more time is required to find this comprehensive deal and to reach this decisive progress which we need in order to finalise these negotiations on the orderly exit of the United Kingdom."
"[There are currently only two Brexit options - the PM's deal or no deal. Even if MPs decided to take no deal off the table, it would not stop it from happening unless there was] a positive majority for another solution."
"We are open to work on a permanent customs union should the UK decide to take this path"
"No deal was never our desire or intended scenario but the EU 27 is now prepared. It becomes day after day more likely."
"Everybody will have to pay a price - EU and UK - because there is no added value to Brexit. Brexit is a negative negotiation. It is a lose-lose game for everybody."
"On the EU side, we had intense discussions with EU member states on the need to guarantee the integrity of the EU's single market, while keeping that border fully open. In this sense, the [Irish border] backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the EU can offer to a non-member state."
"We are working on a number of fronts (against COVID-19), firstly to make sure that there is support for those Australians and we are also working on, as are other countries, to try to secure their ability to return to Australia."
"Anybody who says that power isn’t attractive is telling you a lie. Of course it is. It’s obviously a drug. It’s attractive. It’s something you thrive on. It suits some people. It doesn’t suit others. I think it suits me."
"I don’t judge people. Everyone’s entitled to their own religion. I respect religion. I respect people’s views. I’m not a fan of crossing over religion and politics. My mother is devoutly religious and I respect her for that. Am I a practising Catholic? I am, I suppose, to some point. There’s some very good things about all kinds of religion. Obviously, there’s loads of bad things: we’ve a lot of legacy issues in this country from religion and that needs to be dealt with. The whole sense of community that comes from Church-going is a great thing."
"Do I believe that prostitution should be legalised? No, I don’t. I think that it would open up other issues, which could be quite dangerous for society."
"It is nothing if not ironic that the man that the Labour Party will most likely chose to save the day in the face of the relentless and inexorable electoral onslaught of Sinn Féin is someone who delights in his own nomme de guerre, AK47. Alan Kelly not only likes his soubriquet but relishes in his characterisation of someone who shoots from the hip, takes no prisoners and gets things done."
"The Labour leader may have mellowed with age but the TD once dubbed AK47 still has targets."
"There is great damage to biodiversity (caused by the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami), and it could even impact human health. And so it has been ordered that the area is cut off for all kinds of activity."
"Poland will not only deliver food aid, but I guaranteed (Ukrainian Agriculture) Minister Roman Leshchenko that all refugees are safe and have all they need."
"We have publications, and we need to use case studies of where we are winning, to speak out in international Climate Change gatherings to tell these stories."
"Rwanda is a country open for green investments"
"In a circular economy, no waste is wasted said Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya in the sustainability of Rwanda on how Rwanda's young innovators are building a circular economy."
"Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya said that Rwanda as a country recognize the urgency of responding to climate change urgently in the voices of LoCS4AFRICA 2020"
"Exchange of knowlege, experience between schoolsand youth, environmental sound technologies and cooperation boost green investment."
"We are excited to be supporting Global Citizen in its campaigning efforts this year, especially on climate change. Rwanda has placed green growth at the center of creating sustainable jobs, improving communities’ livelihoods, and enhancing climate resilience across the board, and Global Citizen is an important channel for people to effect positive change. Its advocacy role can also raise global awareness to act on the challenges that Rwanda and other developing nations face because of climate change."
"We, as a country, recognise the urgency of responding to climate change urgently, within this decade of action. Time is running out… This is also why, this congress – LoCS4Africa 2020 – with its focus on finance for change could not be more important at this juncture in history."
"Daddy, that's what we all call him. We come from the Ahmed's Family of the Aguchimeachi Family... as an Ahmed was an Ahmed. Ahmed Family of the Aguchimeachi Family. I grew in and out of his house, Mummy was the eldest I was the youngest. So it's kind of a fair place that I moved in with her when she was into her business. And honestly and sincerely, daddy has always being a true brother to me. He supports that we were never ever discriminate against. He was there for us at all times..."
"African disaster adaptation management and response capacity mechanism is the best way to ensure our continent’s resilience in the face of various challenges, while seeking solutions that can reduce the impact of climate-induced risks."
"Olympic committees need to leverage the mobilisation capacities and resources of sport to improve outcomes in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
"I now cherish the ability to be surprised by things that come up unexpectedly, by beautiful things and new perspectives that emerge out of the blue, even in the most conventional and repetitive settings. The ability to be surprised surprises me."
"think it is very hard to imagine what your driving forces are and often one has to ask again and again, what’s the point of doing this, what’s the point of doing this, what’s the point of doing this."
"often feel like, because of the situation we are in, there is no point in doing this. But I think there is also just joy, in finding that things come together, the joy of writing, even though I really find writing gruesome."
"But there is something beautiful in the ability to create and I think that is the driving force, it is an attempt to create, to build, to be a witness, to tell stories when everything else doesn’t make sense and you know that your possibility to change things on the ground is not so high."
"If your work is about trauma and repression, it’s hard to be hopeful."
"a lot of our experience of the world but sometimes they take over too much and I think maybe there is something else to be explored, something more than defeat."
"This strict code of conduct has its roots in the patriarchal culture…of the country,and exerts enormous influence on society. So, the mindset of patriarchy is still there,”"
"We need women to have self-confidence that they can change, that this is the revolution we need and this is the revolution we deserve."
"There remains a huge gap between the vision and reality. Why? Because the big debate is how to blend Islamic politics and respect for women’s rights,”"
"Promoting women’s rights because it will spur development and economic growth is a powerful way for the United States to advance its foreign policy in the future."
"An increase in average female education by just three years can lower fertility rates and increase female support of political change and ability to be independent."
"Though current legislation is more favorable to women than ever before in Egypt."
". Remembering that what women need… is a voice and a job"
"All talk to democracy is bulls— without equality with men…when will the bomb of Arab woman explode? I’m speaking here of her ability, her ambition, her liberty, strength and rights."
"The ministers are expected to present ideas and solutions during the session on how to bridge the gaps to achieve a successful outcome in Baku, and that the dialogue will contribute to increasing ambition and accelerating work to develop scenarios for more political participation."
"The multilateral system is under pressure to demonstrate its ability to achieve results at the required speed and scale, adding that COP29 will be a decisive test for the Paris Agreement and global climate action and cooperation on a large scale."
"It is expected that the parties will make significant progress towards this goal and will participate in developing the objective framework for a draft negotiating text that includes the progress achieved, stressing the need for progress on the technical and political tracks."
"Agreeing on a new, fair and ambitious collective quantitative target that takes into account the needs and priorities of developing countries is the first negotiating priority for the COP29."
"Egypt has made remarkable progress in implementing the goals of the global framework for biodiversity at the national level."
"In parallel, we have been taking steps to expand our use of modern methods of irrigation to maximise our efficient use of water."
"We are really working hard to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and we are also working on improving the efficiency of our energy usage."
"This is what we call the circular economy, in the sense that we turn organic waste into natural fertilisers and recycle all solid waste."
"We have also been well aware of the possibly devastating impacts of increased levels of seawater leakage onto agricultural land and have been adopting measures to stop this because we cannot afford to compromise our agricultural land. Maintaining agricultural land is part of the global work to reduce global warming."
"Challenge the definition of entrepreneurship and look at the well being of people around us. Social entrepreneurship is a transition phase. Examine the whole concept of business and profit: if it's not social, then it's bad business."
"On agriculture, too, we have been moving quite fast, with an ambitious scheme to coat irrigation canals to reduce the level of evaporation that comes with increases of temperature level"
"We are not in a position to allow the economy to slow down. We need to get the economy to grow, but we could make it grow in a green direction, and we can create green job opportunities,"
"During the past six, and since the country signed the Paris Agreement that came out of the 2015 Paris Conference on Climate Change, Egypt has been fully invested in measures to protect its shores from rising sea levels."
"It was impossible to underestimate the kind of concerns that Egypt has and that it is very important to stress the need for international support to face up to these as part of a wider commitment to working with the rest of the international community on reducing currently dangerous levels of global warming."
"Women have a new interest in political issues. Of course, women are a little concerned about their new powers. We don’t want to seem aggressive or in competition with men. We want acceptance from men."
"My personal challenge has been to push women in this congress. The president of Tunisia affirmed his commitment to double the number of women in the congress of the Constitutional Democratic Rally. In the recent elections, if there was a list of five to seven candidates, we were obliged to vote for at least one woman."
"We are not a bomb to be defused. We are a dynamic force for progress that no one can stop."
"when a man is elected ,he wants to be in charge ,he doesn't feel the need to move his chair .when a woman enters the political field ,if she is asked to go to the rural villages ,she does it ."
"Funding of waste services is one of the areas that we need to put more energy in along with a need to maximize on efficient budgeting and utilisation of available resources sparingly. It is often a cry of local government that there are no funds to carry out waste delivery functions, often referred to as ‘unfunded mandates’. We are working closely with National Treasury to ensure that funds for waste management are allocated and that they are sufficient, however; local government has to put systems in place for efficient budgeting and be able to achieve more with less"
"These projects will generate approximately 2 536 work opportunities and 5 500 full-time equivalent opportunities, over two years. The beneficiaries of this programme will help in achieving the Government’s objective of responsible coastal management by contributing to the development and maintenance of coastal infrastructure along the coast. They will also assist municipalities in obtaining and maintaining blue flag status for their beaches, regular coastal clean-ups, as well as the removal of invasive alien vegetation"
"For many years Butterworth was one of the dirtiest towns in the country. The Department of Environmental Affairs through Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme have turned that situation around by declaring the War on Waste by implementing [these] projects"
"We have a lot of projects that we want youth to be involved in. We need to instil the passion, so that they can see this sector as another career path"
"The country is water scarce and in provinces such as Northern Cape, this is an issue of life and death. These plants are available everywhere in the world not only in South Africa"
"There are many alien plants and they are categorised according to its use. We have introduced biological control that can provide complete control of the problem, it reduces the need for using a chemical substance"