To live is to choose..

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….

Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or ….

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

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

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you..

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….

Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it in the face of such misery. We….

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected..

After the end of the cold war, everybody thought, fantastic, finally the UN may be able to do what it was originally set up to do without big power d….

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear w….

My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles..

Does anyone seriously contend that any nation can fend for itself?.

You saw the traumas that people lived through, and wondered what it will take to move us as a human community, as humanity, to help in these dangerou….

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..

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

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time..

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

The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human di….