http://www.voicegig.com The only worldwide speech sharing community - with expert analysis Copyright 2012 VoiceGig.com Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:10:05 GMT Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:32:55 GMT INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAYBRAULIO F. DE SOUZA DIAS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Earth Day STATEMENT BY BRAULIO F . DE SOUZA DIAS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY on the occasion of INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY 22 April 2012 The proclamation of 22 April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgement that the Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance . It also recognizes a collective... http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2352/INTERNATIONAL%2DMOTHER%2DEARTH%2DDAY Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:18:56 GMT Neelie Kroes: In many areas we are only beginning to discover what openness means. Just how far it's possible to go, just how much value we could unlock. With a truly open, universal platform, we can deliver choice and competition; innovation and opportunity; freedom and democratic accountability. Look at what we could do if we opened up our public sectors and put their data online. That's a resource that could benefit consumers, inform voters, help policy-makers, stimulate web innovators, and boost the economy. And that's what we could deliver with our recent proposals on the public sector information directive. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2350/What%2Ddoes%2Dit%2Dmean%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dopen%2Donline%3F Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:37:23 GMT I want to talk about one kind of text—presidential rhetoric—and I want to talk about it within one particular context—the world at large. For beyond the presidential rhetoric that we usually attend to—inaugurals, state of the union addresses, campaign discourses and debates—there is another that is equally important: What the President of the United States says when he (and someday she) goes abroad to address foreign audiences. What are the texts that presidents use and what kind of texture do these texts create? http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2349/The%2DText%28ure%29%2Dof%2Dthe%2DWorld%2Din%2DPresidential%2DRhetoric Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:29:30 GMT Anders Breivik: I have implemented the most sophisticated, spectacular, and the most brutal political assassination committed by militant nationalist in Europe since World War II. They do this because they fear militant nationalism. They fear that we will be able to damage the cultural Marxist ideology, and multiculturalism is thus the same concept. And they will do everything in their power to prevent this. Me and my revolutionary nationalist brothers and sisters manifest their worst nightmare. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2348/Court%2DDefense%2DStatement Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:19:08 GMT Ban Ki-moon: Today, despite mobile phones and the internet and all our technical sophistication, one out of every five persons on our planet earth still does not have access to modern energy services. Two out of five - three billion people - still rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2347/Energy%2Dfor%2Dall Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:04:24 GMT Julia Gillard: successive Australian Governments have seen our national interest in making sure that Afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrorists. That the September 11 attacks – and most of the terrorist attacks since which have targeted Australian interests directly or in which Australians have been killed – had links to Afghanistan. You know too, that successive Australian Governments have stood firmly by our alliance with the United States, invoked after September 11, against a shared threat. And you know that Australia’s commitment – in our national interest, with our ally – is part of a strategy which enjoys wide international support. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2346/We%2Dare%2Dserving%2Dour%2Dnational%2Dinterest%2Din%2DAfghanistan%26quot%3B Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:03:58 GMT Rick Santorum: Well ladies and gentlemen, we’ve made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table and against all the odds. And we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over for me and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. We will continue to fight for those voices. We will continue to fight for the Americans who stood up and gave us that air under our wings that allowed us to accomplish things that no political expert would have ever expected. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2345/A%2DLot%2Dof%2DGreatness%2Din%2DThis%2DCountry Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:37:45 GMT Helen Clark: My starting point is that it is a basic human right for women to enjoy full legal equality and equality of opportunity, and for a girl born today, in any country, to have the same life prospects as any boy. All our societies are the poorer if they fail to tap the full potential of half their population, and do not remove the obstacles which so often prevent women from rising to leadership positions in political systems and elsewhere. I do believe that having a critical mass of women in leadership and decision-making positions is positive for human development in all countries – whether developed or developing, and whether countries are living in peace, recovering from conflict, or in the process of a democratic transition. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2344/Inclusion%2Dand%2Dequality%3A%2DWhy%2Dwomen%E2%80%99s%2Dleadership%2Dmatters%2E Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:39:57 GMT People will argue that passing this referendum will keep us at the heart of Europe and prove that Ireland is ‘open for business’. Arguments that voting against this referendum will result in us being thrown out of the euro are a veiled attempt to stifle debate on the measures to be adopted. They also represent an abdication of responsibility to get the best deal for Ireland in this case. On the basis of the argument that we must say yes to stay at the heart of Europe, no proposal emanating from Europe should ever be rejected by the Irish people but rather should be waived through without question. If corporation tax was next on the agenda, would we automatically support this approach? http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2343/Address%2Dto%2Dthe%2DNational%2DForum%2Don%2Dthe%2DFiscal%2DCompact%2DTreaty Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:39:48 GMT Free And Equal In Dignity And RightsHillary Rodham Clinton lol... http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2342/Free%2DAnd%2DEqual%2DIn%2DDignity%2DAnd%2DRights Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:07:58 GMT Greg Barker: In a world of increasing energy prices, market volatility and rising energy imports, energy efficiency has never been more important. That is why we are creating something brand new - the Green Deal. It is truly revolutionary. It will help homeowners, landlords and tenants get a whole range of home improvements beyond insulation, including a whole range of front of house, eye catching measures. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2341/Remarks%2D%2Dat%2Dthe%2DEcobuild%2DConference Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:41:55 GMT The Greek economic adjustment and its social implications are painful: there is no doubt about this. The question, however, is: how did Greece get in such a situation and does it have any alternative? The major effort of adjustment reflects the severity of the macroeconomic imbalances that have accumulated over years in Greece. Misguided economic and fiscal policies, lack of structural reforms: all these policies undermined the sustainability of public debt and created a very large competitiveness gap. It is not the adjustment programme which is causing the recent decline in GDP. The current economic depression is an unavoidable correction of the substantial positive output gap that has built up until 2009. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2340/Exchange%2Dof%2DViews%2Don%2Dthe%2DEconomic%2Dand%2DSocial%2DCrisis%2Din%2DGreece Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:19:34 GMT President Obama: "In the face of all these challenges, we're going to have to answer a central question as a nation: What, if anything, can we do to restore a sense of security for people who are willing to work hard and act responsibly in this country? Can we succeed as a country where a shrinking number of people do exceedingly well, while a growing number struggle to get by? Or are we better off when everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules? "This is not just another run-of-the-mill political debate. I've said it's the defining issue of our time, and I believe it. It's why I ran in 2008. It's what my presidency has been about. It's why I'm running again. I believe this is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and I can't remember a time when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so unambiguously clear. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2339/Remarks%2Don%2Dthe%2DGOP%2DBudget Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:59:28 GMT Franca Sozzani: Why the age of supermodels, who were beautiful and womanly, slowly started decreasing and we now have still undeveloped adolescents with no sign of curves? Why is this considered beautiful? Marylin Monroe, Liz Taylor and Sophia Loren today would appear in our Curvy channel and be defined shapely. Yet they are beauty icons still today. What has really happened? Trends change also regarding aesthetics, and today we accept such standards as the most normal thing. And this is a negative example. We cannot generalize, of course, and accuse the girls we see walking runways of being anorexic. They are still undeveloped. And are taken as role-models, for instance by girls who may already have personal issues and are therefore easily influenced. And fashion becomes one of the causes. One of the most disturbing aspects of the spread and globalization of Eating Disorders is the employment of the web to convey cultural models that emphasize thinness though websites that promote pathological behaviors aiming at weight control and offer extreme dieting advice. Pro-ana websites, where ana stands for anorexia, are one of the most effective channels to promote the disease especially with adolescents who employ such instrument daily and with extreme skill. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2338/Eating%2DDisorders%2Dand%2Dthe%2Drelationship%2Dbetween%2Dhealth%2Dand%2Dbeauty%3A%2DHarvard%2DBusiness%2DSchool%2E Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:35:51 GMT William Hague: A Middle East of open and prosperous societies would transform the security of the world and brighten the prospects of millions of people. It would unlock the immense economic and social potential of their young populations. And in the very idea of Arab democracy there is the seed of Al Qaeda’s long-term defeat and irrelevance. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2337/The%2DUK%26apos%3Bs%2Drole%2Din%2Dforeign%2Dpolicy%3A%2Dspeech%2Dto%2Dthe%2DLord%2DMayor%26apos%3Bs%2DBanquet Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:28:34 GMT Ed Miliband: The issues on which Labour will campaign in these local elections are rooted in real life, in the experiences people in every local authority area in the country. Living Standards Jobs The NHS. Crime On each of these issues we are with you. These solutions are about making different choices, having different priorities and showimg we can deliver even when there is less money around. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2336/Launch%2DLabour%26apos%3Bs%2Dlocal%2Delection%2Dcampaign Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:31:25 GMT Richard Dawkins:How could anyone rally against reason? How is it necessary to have a rally for reason? Reason means basing your life on evidence and on logic, which is how you deduce the consequences of evidence. In a hundred years' time, it seems to me inconceivable that anybody could want to have a rally for reason. By that time, we will either have blown ourselves up or we'll have become so civilized that we no longer need it. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2335/Remarks%2Dat%2DReason%2DRally%2E Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:06:38 GMT Neelie Kroes: The Cloud takes that further. In the five largest Member States alone, over five years, the Cloud could be worth 2000 euros for each and every citizen. And create a million new jobs too. When you look at how much the Cloud could offer, this is hardly a surprise. Our businesses, especially the small businesses and start-ups, can benefit from flexible, cheap and tailored solutions. Without expensive set-up and capital costs: as long, of course, as you don't have to get involved in extended legal discussions every time. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2334/Ensuring%2Dthe%2DCloud%2Dhappens%2Din%2DEurope%2E Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:57:33 GMT Dr Manmohan Singh: “India is delighted to host the Fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi and assume the Chairmanship of the group. I would like to convey my profound gratitude to my colleagues, the Presidents of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa, for accepting my invitation to attend this Summit. I wish them and members of their delegations a very pleasant stay in our country. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2333/Statement%2Dat%2DFourth%2DBRICS%2DSummit Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:19:41 GMT Rahul Dravid: I have had a chance over the last three weeks to try and think about what playing for India meant to me. What was this dream? What has it given me? Playing for India gave me the opportunity to travel the world, to play on some of the greatest grounds in the world. In cities and countries that I had only heard of on the radio, listening to radio commentary with my father or waking up in the morning and picking up the newspaper to see what Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, GR Viswanath had done the next day. For me to have the opportunity to play on these great grounds, to play against some of these greatest of players - players that I had growing up looking up to, it was fantastic. Cricket has given me a lifetime of experiences. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2332/Remarks%2Dto%2DBCCI%2Dat%2Dfunction%2Dto%2DFelicitate%2DRahul%2DDravid Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:39:57 GMT Pope Benedict XVI: These important events in the Church in Cuba take on a special lustre because of the feast celebrated today throughout the universal Church: the Annunciation of the Lord to the Virgin Mary. The Incarnation of the Son of God is the central mystery of the Christian faith, and in it Mary occupies a central place. But, we ask, what is the meaning of this mystery? And, what importance does it have for our concrete lives? http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2331/homily%2Din%2DSantiago%2Dde%2DCuba Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:23:06 GMT Salman Rushdie:Imran is a man of the old school. Maybe he doesn't understand how this new-fangled stuff called email works. Maybe he doesn't know how to open his email box and see what messages are there. Maybe he doesn't even have anybody to read it for him. Poor man. But this man wants to be the ruler of Pakistan! Maybe familiarising himself with these new-fangled technologies would be a good step on that road. Also as Machiavelli could have informed him, if you want to lie to placate some mullahs you depend on, don't leave a paper trail that proves you lied. That's just careless. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2330/Remarks%2Dat%2DIndia%2DConclave%2DToday%2E Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:11:12 GMT President Obama: So our shared future -- and the unprecedented opportunity to meet shared challenges together -- is what brings me to Seoul. Over the next two days, under President Lee’s leadership, we’ll move ahead with the urgent work of preventing nuclear terrorism by securing the world’s nuclear materials. This is an important part of the broader, comprehensive agenda that I want to talk with you about today -- our vision of a world without nuclear weapons. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2329/Remarks%2Dat%2DHankuk%2DUniversity%2C%2DSeoul%2E Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:53:32 GMT Dr Manmohan Singh: Nuclear terrorism will remain a potent threat as long as there are terrorists seeking to gain access to nuclear material and technologies for malicious purposes. India is acutely conscious of this threat. Our resolution at the General Assembly on measures to deny terrorists access to weapons of mass destruction has been adopted by consensus since 2002. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2328/Statement%2Dat%2Dthe%2DPlenary%2Dof%2Dthe%2DNuclear%2DSecurity%2DSummit%2E Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:32:41 GMT Tony Blair: Without doubt Africa is on the move. Just consider the following: in eight of the past 10 years, the growth rate of Sub Saharan Africa has been faster than East Asia. The middle class is expanding. Today 60 million Africans have an income of over $3000 pa. Within three years the figure will be 100m. McKinseys predict that consumer spending will double over the course of this decade to $1.4trillion. Foreign Direct Investment has multiplied six-fold in the last 10 years. The composition of that investment is also changing. This year China will invest more in African infrastructure than the World Bank. Since 1991, African Governments have been changed through democratic elections 30 times. In the previous twenty years this happened only once. There were only 3 democracies in Sub Saharan Africa in 1989. Today there are 23. http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2327/A%2DNew%2DApproach%2Dto%2DAfrica