The UN doesn't work in a vacuum..

You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics..

If there is one area where equity is crucial and essential, I think it should be the issue of water..

I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes..

Reform is a process, and not an event..

When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries and their collective will….

The report [by a UN commission on Darfur] demonstrates beyond all doubt that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fello….

The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, e….

To live is to choose..

Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will provoke me - I know he will provoke me! And ….

For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right..

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.

We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for huma….

In fact UN is more of a galaxy of organisations and agencies than one machine..

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is th….

Like any large organisation, public or private, the UN is a complex machine..

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when ….

The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the h….

Intelligence can be used to manipulate..

When things are really desperate and hopeless and you can't do anything about this, and there's a sense that something must be done, that is somethin….

People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unit….