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What is required is a new mindset and a change of heart, to be able to see the person across the ocean as our neighbour.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Consider also our approach to the sanctity and value of human life.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity.
Nobel lecture (2005)
My sister-in-law and I are working towards the same goal, through different paths: the security of the human family.
Nobel lecture (2005)
These projects, and a thousand others, exemplify the IAEA ideal: Atoms for Peace.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Today, with globalization bringing us ever closer together, if we choose to ignore the insecurities of some, they will soon become the insecurities of all.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Are these goals realistic and within reach? I do believe they are.
Nobel lecture (2005)
What is more important is that these are not separate or distinct threats. When we scratch the surface, we find them closely connected and interrelated.
Nobel lecture (2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency and I are humbled, proud, delighted and above all strengthened in our resolve by this most worthy of honours.
Nobel lecture (2005)
We still have 27,000 warheads in existence. I believe this is 27,000 too many.
Nobel lecture (2005)
I have hope because the positive aspects of globalization are enabling nations and peoples to become politically, economically and socially interdependent, making war an increasingly unacceptable option.
Nobel lecture (2005)
It should not be a surprise then that poverty continues to breed conflict. Of the 13 million deaths due to armed conflict in the last ten years, 9 million occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, where the poorest of the poor live.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Since the Chernobyl accident, we have worked all over the globe to raise nuclear safety performance. And since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, we have worked with even greater intensity on nuclear security.
Nobel lecture (2005)