Hannah Simone Quotes

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.

I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace, development, and human rights.

The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition.

I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

Today, the United Nations is a protection racket for the enemies of freedom...for despots.

My point was very simple, and it was that it is absolutely absurd for the United States of America to continue to urge us further down the line towards a federal superstate when the U.S. has not even signed up to the U.N. Convention on Human Rights.

I have my Masters degree in international relations, banking job experience with Citibank, and I have also worked in developmental organisations.

I worked at the United Nations.

We should forcefully call out China whenever it violates international standards.

Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will sometimes be hard to reconcile with an economic agenda, especially when it comes to dealing with rich but repressive players like China and Russia.

The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.

I am totally committed to the cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations.

The U.N. brings everybody together. And without it, we can't deal with Ebola or terrorism or climate change. But it's 70 years old. It's tired. It's acquired a lot of bad habits. And often it feels like only new bad habits get added and old bad habits don't get taken away.

I would never call myself an expert on geopolitics. I'm not studied in it. But what I do know is what's right and wrong in terms of treatment of people.

It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.

I have spoken to Chinese leaders occasionally on human rights, but I've always done it in private.

There must be pressure on Moscow so that we have negotiations. Moscow will not succeed by unilaterally backing Bashar al-Assad.

The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless.

Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah.

By creating a perception that the U.K. places a higher premium on striking commercial deals than it does on promoting and protecting human rights, our reputation in the world suffers.

There is, and there will be, an increasing demand for a principled global security provider, for a superpower that believes in multilateralism and cooperation.

Though I work in broadcasting and host a daily radio show, I got my start in print journalism.

The U.N. was created for people.