Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol..

...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in….

Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing..

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have….

It's always a difficult time to be secretary general..

By signing the Oslo accords in 1993 he took a giant step towards the realization of this vision. It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfille….

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating..

Young people - with their dynamism, their energy and their inherent understanding of our interconnected world - have much to teach us. Increased educ….

In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only tho….

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done..

To educate girls is to reduce poverty..

Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms..

I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." ….

The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only th….

Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is. . . . They will proudly go around and say, 'I ate crickets, I ate locus….

In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would b….

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players..

Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path ….

Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucrat….

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. We're all human. After 10, 15 years….

The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations..