“Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved or how comfortable you might be with where you currently are in life. As a young international rugby player I learnt a valuable lesson about sacrifice. The bottom line was the phrase 'long after the price is forgotten the quality remains'. Undertaking JOLT Challenge involves sacrifice but it is well worth it as you explore creative and innovative ways of challenging yourself for constant improvement in many areas of life.” WayWellsLongMightYoungChallengesLinesQualityCreativePlayerSacrificeLessonsComfortableAreasRemainsConstantBottomForgottenInternationalAppreciationValuableImprovementPhrasesWorth ItInnovativeBottom LineBetter WaysRugbyUndertakingsChallenge YourselfValuable LessonsConstant ImprovementContinual Improvement Author:Nick Farr-Jones
“I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.” PeopleHas BeensSaidMightWishEffortGoneDangerousCitizensAreasInternationalIslandsJapanOne TimeIsolatedMight Have BeenProsperous Author:Sadako Ogata
“Those organisations, al-Qaeda being the first one, have all settled in areas full of mining and oil resources or in geostrategic zones. They settled in Afghanistan which underground is filled with oil and lithium. North Mali is filled with mining resources (uranium). It is essential to question the impact and role of some international players that create or let those organisations settle there.” FirstsRolesPlayerEssentialsResourcesAreasImpactFilledInternationalOilSettlingZoneAlsAfghanistanOrganisationAl QaedaMiningUraniumMaliLithium Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.” ImportantRealReturnAreasTradeDemocraticLeavingInternationalBritainRegulationInternational Trade Author:Gisela Stuart
“When American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they will search not only for me, but for any Palestinian to speak with him. And they will say, "We have five million Arabs in the United States. We can't avoid them."” StatesSpeakInterestUnitedMillionsUnited StatesFiveAreasInternationalAdministrationPalestinianConferencesFinding PeaceFollow Up Author:Yasser Arafat
“In the area of international security, taking into account that the United States and Russia are the largest nuclear powers: We are ready to jointly work to strengthen the non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. We are ready to work together, and much closer than before, on the problem of fighting terrorism, international terrorism, and here we certainly have vast opportunities.” MeanStatesProblemTogetherFightingOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesSecurityReadyWeaponsMassAreasDestructionAccountsInternationalTerrorismNuclearRussiaWorking TogetherRegimesNational SecurityWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryNuclear PowerProliferationFighting TerrorismInternational Terrorism Author:Vladimir Putin
“My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where our values and interests align. But that the president-elect also is willing to stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms.” ValuesPresidentInterestWillingTrumpFindingsApproachAreasInternationalRussiaNormConstructive Author:Barack Obama
“I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and develop frameworks and international norms so that we don't see a cyber arms race.” ThinkingWholeLevelsRaceArmsAreasInternationalNormFrameworkCyberArms Race Author:Barack Obama
“People who have been made stateless by military occupation are entitled to repatriation, and then the question is to which state, or to what polity or area? Those who have had their goods taken away are entitled to compensation of some kind. These are basic international laws.” PeopleKindHas BeensMadeStatesLawTakenMilitaryAreasInternationalGoodsOccupationEntitledCompensationInternational Law Author:Judith Butler
“If we want to make progress in key areas now, we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies. So not only the politicians but also business, the wider civil society, and the trade union movement all have a contribution to make, whether it is at national or at international level.” IfsWantEnergyProcessLevelsProgressMovementKeysPoliticianAreasTradeUnionsInternationalContributionAppropriateCivil SocietyTrade UnionsStakeholder Author:Mary Robinson
“Each powerful player, or coalition of players, will make concessions in areas where it has relatively less at stake in exchange for other such players making reciprocal concessions in other areas where it has relatively more at stake. Such trades are collectively rational insofar as they get each of the powerful players more of what it wants. But such trades are also dangerous because the whole international rule-system will become incoherent and therefore vulnerable to crises that will continue to become increasingly severe.” WantWholePowerfulPlayerDangerousAreasCrisisTradeInternationalRationalVulnerableStakesSevereCoalitionsConcessionsReciprocal Author:Thomas Pogge
“Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit like the way we treat the sea. It doesn't belong to any particular country, but to all of us, but I'm not sure some of the powerful are ready for that sort of solution.” WayCountryBodyBitsPowerfulSeaParticularReadySolutionsAreasTreatsInternationalNot SureCommerceArctic Author:Kofi Annan