“The liberal vision of America is that it should be less arrogant, less unilateral, more internationalist. In Obama's view, America would subsume itself under a fuzzy internationalism in which the international community, which I think is a fiction, governs itself through the U.N.” ThinkingShouldAmericaCommunityViewsFictionVisionInternationalArrogantInternational CommunityFuzzyInternationalism Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.” SaidCommunityEffortDemocracyInternationalInternational CommunityBurma Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Those in the international community that refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.” LightCommunityLinesMoralRedInternationalRefuseIsraelIranInternational CommunityRed LightsRed Lines Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world.” IfsWorldPersonsCommunityClearProgramPressureInternationalIsraelNuclearCombinationMinistersIranPrimePrime MinisterDiplomacySanctionsInternational Community Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.” StatesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesWeaponsFundamentalsInternationalNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsPremisesInternational Community Author:Leon Panetta
“As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.” FeelsCountrySpiritCommunityTeamScientistInternationalInternational CommunityTeam Spirit Author:Saul Perlmutter
“I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.” KnowsStatesCan DoCommunityUnitedUnited StatesInternationalInternational Community Author:Colin Powell
“It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.” CommunityIssuesInternationalObligationRegimesSaddamNegotiationHusseinInternational Community Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.” WellsKindNationsCommunityUnitedClearOne ThingInternationalPlentyUnited NationsDefianceInternational CommunityUltimatum Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.” IfsCommunityAcceptingConflictInternationalInevitableSaddamDefaultDisarmamentInternational Community Author:Tony Blair
“We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.” BelieveEndsStatesPlayCommunityUnitedRolesUnited StatesInfluenceCrossesIndiaInternationalTerrorismPermanentBordersVisiblePakistanInternational CommunityBiharIndia And Pakistan Author:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.” CommunityWillingInternationalPartnersInternational CommunityAlbania Author:Emma Bonino
“In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars.” KnowsGivingCommunityMillionsHappenedSecurityCostHundredDollarsInternationalFiftyGenocideTroopsCouncilMillion DollarsInternational CommunityRwandaSecurity Council Author:Lakhdar Brahimi
“We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.” ProblemTodayUnderstandingCommunityIssuesGrowingInternationalIsraelRegimesExtremistInternational CommunityTehran Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective, of trying to have an interdependent world: looking at solving regional conflicts, having strength in alliances, operating within some kind of a sense that we were part of the international community and not outside of it.” ThinkingWorldTryingKindDifferentCommunityViewsCenturyPerspectiveConflictInternational21st CenturyAlliancesInternational CommunityDifferent ViewsHaving Strength Author:Madeleine Albright
“The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response.” ShouldOpportunityCommunityWindowTreatsResponseInternationalInternational CommunityPreparednessRampWindow Of Opportunity Author:Margaret Chan
“..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.” WorldHumansDoeStatesLawCommunityUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsParticularRespectConcernedDignityOrganizationInternationalIllAdvancementRule Of LawScrutinyHuman DignityInternational CommunityCandid Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for the promotion and protection of man's basic rights and freedoms. The world has come to a clear realization of the fact that freedom, justice and world peace can only be assured through the international promotion and protection of these rights and freedoms.” MenWorldHumansFactsBornCommunityJusticeResponsibilityClearRightsUniversalInstrumentsInternationalHuman RightsProtectionRealizationDeclarationAssuredPromotionInternational CommunityRights And FreedomsSense Of ResponsibilityBasic RightsDeclaration Of Human RightsRights And Responsibilities Author:U Thant
“A literate world is a possible and desirable one. There are enough resources. What is now needed is the collective will of the international community to ensure that the necessary support is forthcoming.” WorldEnoughCommunityEducationSupportNeededResourcesInternationalEducationalCollectivesLiteracyDesirableInternational CommunityForthcoming Author:Koichiro Matsuura
“The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.” PeopleLongWholeFacesCommunityRaceQualityAcceptingRightsSocietyColorTerribleRacismSkinsFundamentalsInternationalAccessDenialAffectedDescentInternational CommunityMarginalizedHealth ServicesBasic Rights Author:Ban Ki-moon
“The common wish of the international community is for peace instead of war.” WarWishCommunityCommonInternationalInternational Community Author:Li Zhaoxing
“Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that super strength guarantees super wisdom, and we have consistently reached out to the international community to ensure that our own power and influence are tempered by the best common judgment.” Has BeensPastUsedCommunityCommonResponsibilityPowerInfluenceBenefitsJudgmentInternationalGuaranteesConsistentlyRestraintUnprecedentedGreat AmericanInternational CommunityAmerican PowerPower And Responsibility Book:The Jimmy Carter Library Source: The Jimmy Carter Library
“If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.” IfsLittlesHas BeensRealDoneFightingCommunityPovertyImagineInternationalHungerPrioritiesScalesCould Have BeenBrazilInternational CommunityHunger And Poverty Author:Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
“Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding; improve our intelligence; strengthen our defenses; counter its warped ideology; and stem the flow of foreign fighters into - and out of - the Middle East. And in two weeks, I will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council to further mobilize the international community around this effort.” TwoCommunityEffortCuttingWeekMiddleSecurityDrawsFlowThirdsMeetingsInternationalDefenseEastPartnersIdeologyFighterIslamicChairsCapabilityMiddle EastStemCouncilFundingTwo WeeksInternational CommunitySecurity CouncilIsil Author:Barack Obama
“...the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant...has painfully affected the Soviet people, and shocked the international community. For the first time, we confront the real force of nuclear energy, out of control.” PeopleFirstsRealEnergyForceCommunityFirst TimePlantInternationalAccidentsNuclearAffectedSovietShockedRenewable EnergyInternational CommunityChernobylNuclear EnergyNuclear Plants Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Even if we act immediately, the world is doomed to lose many of its animal and plant species and this inturn will reduce the ability of ecosystems to deliver vital services to human populations. The Red List gives all of us a practical tool for raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis and for forging new partnerships within the international community.” IfsWorldGivingHumansCommunityLosesAbilityAnimalAwarenessRedToolsCrisisPlantSpeciesInternationalPopulationListsPracticalsPartnershipDoomedEcosystemsInternational CommunityBiodiversityForgingHuman PopulationRaising Awareness Author:Achim Steiner
“Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance.” NationsCommunityEffectsEnvironmentalClimate ChangeInternationalGlobal WarmingPortionsSovereigntyGovernanceInternational Community Author:Lester R. Brown
“I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us in this effort, because the burden of making hard choices must not be Israel’s alone.” HardStatesAmericaChoicesCommunityEffortSecurityCommitmentDemocraticInternationalIsraelBurdenPalestinianJudaismInternational Community Author:Barack Obama
“I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the common expectation of the US, Japan and the international community.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveSidesCommunityViewsCommonExpectationsInternationalJapanBoth SidesInternational Community Author:Chen Shui-bian
“The international community must offer short-term emergency measures to meet critical needs. But it must also make longer-term investments to promote food production and agricultural development, enhance food security and maintain and accelerate momentum towards the MDGs.” NeedsTermCommunitySecurityDevelopmentOffersInvestmentInternationalProductionsCriticalEmergenciesShort TermMomentumInternational CommunityAccelerateFood ProductionFood SecurityMdgs Author:Ban Ki-moon
“My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma” CommunitySilenceSituationMilitaryMessagesShameInternationalBehaviourGazaInternational CommunityComplicityBurma Author:Desmond Tutu
“Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.” CountryGovernmentCommunityPoorPracticeStruggleResourcesInstitutionsInvestmentInternationalDeprivedInternational CommunityPoor CountriesInsufficiency Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.” ThinkingCommunityEffortSeriousConflictInternationalSolveFrozenDisgraceInternational Community Author:Martti Ahtisaari
“The fact is, the most painful and tragic lesson of the 20th century was that regimes based on racial superiority and religious hatred can't be trusted to keep their word to the international community.” FactsCommunityReligiousCenturyLessonsRacismHatredInternationalPainfulTragicRegimesTrustedSuperiority20th CenturyInternational CommunityReligious Hatred Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The combination of extremist ideology, a warped understanding of reality and nuclear weapons is a combination that no-one in the international community can accept.” RealityUnderstandingCommunityAcceptingWeaponsInternationalNuclearIdeologyCombinationNuclear WeaponsExtremistInternational Community Author:Mark Regev
“The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.” DoneWholeCommunityUnitedInternationalSeptemberSeptember 11International CommunityCondemning Author:George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
“This terrible tragedy.... the entire international community should unite in the struggle against terrorism this is a blatant challenge to humanity.” ShouldHumanityCommunityChallengesStruggleTerribleTragedyInternationalTerrorismSeptemberSeptember 11International CommunityTerrible Tragedy Author:Vladimir Putin
“There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community.” WorldNeedsCommunityViewsStudentsCollegeAppreciateInternationalInternational CommunityWorld ViewCollege Students Author:Jeanne Shaheen
“The international community faces ever growing phenomena that transcend borders. I am specifically referring to terrorism, transnational organized crime, the global drug problem, corruption, traffic in persons, sexual exploitation, trafficking of children and adolescents, and smuggling of arms, among others.” ChildrenPersonsProblemFacesCommunityGrowingCrimeArmsDrugInternationalCorruptionTerrorismBordersOrganizedExploitationTrafficReferringInternational CommunityTraffickingOrganized CrimeSmuggling Author:Ollanta Humala
“We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace - building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United States or the international community.” ShouldImportantStatesGoalCommunityUnitedUnited StatesBuildingEmbraceThreatDemocraticInternationalIraqPeacefulSecureReachingMomentumInternational CommunityMilestoneReaching Goals Author:Joe Lieberman
“I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.” WantWarStatesProblemMovingCommunityUnitedUnited StatesFriendsLogicCrisisInternationalBritishMoving ForwardFranceKeep Moving ForwardInternational Community Author:Dominique de Villepin
“Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” YearsMadeEndsNationsCommunityUnitedCrimeCommitmentYears AgoInternationalPunishmentGenocideConventionsUnited NationsPreventionInternational Community Author:Alcee Hastings
“There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.” NeedsGovernmentCommunityInternationalDialogueInternational Community Author:Kjell Magne Bondevik
“My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.” YearsStatesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesCrimeRegretInternationalPublic ServiceHaltInternational Community Author:Madeleine Albright
“The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.” WorldImportantCommunityMinesTasksInternationalAround The WorldInternational CommunityPersonnelLandmines Author:Norman Jewison
“The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere. Non-traditional donors need to step up alongside traditional donors. As many people are forcibly displaced today as the entire populations of medium-to-large countries such as Colombia or Spain, South Africa or South Korea.” PeopleNeedsCountryTodayCommunityDifferencesStepsConflictSolutionsOvercomingSouthInternationalPopulationTraditionalMediumsRepublicElsewhereSouth AfricaSyriaSpainKoreaStep UpInternational CommunityColombiaDonorsSudanSouth Korea Author:Antonio Guterres
“Osho is one of India's greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the world's great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life.” WorldKindFeltCommunityVisionTeacherInfluenceBuildingIndiaInternationalPhilosopherGuidesEnormousOur TimeThinkerGreat TeacherInternational CommunityWorld Vision Author:Kabir Bedi
“This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged 'never again' in the aftermath of the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s. Yet, we are witnessing today a different type of humanitarian disaster unfolding in Syria and Iraq.” WorldYearsDifferentTodayCommunityCenturyTypeLateTragedyMarkInternationalIraqHumanitarianDisasterFormerGenocideSyria20th CenturyUnfoldingAftermathInternational CommunityRwandaYugoslavia Author:Park Geun-hye
“I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.” WantValuesCommunityAcceptingUniversalMajorityInternationalIsraelAgreementIranIntegratingInternational Community Author:Moshe Katsav
“I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.” PeopleCommunityJusticePositionReturnDemandFairsInternationalIraqAccountabilityResolutionInternational Community Author:Ahmed Chalabi