Kofi Annan

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

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.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.

On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence

Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world

Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.

Children are our future, and their mothers are its guardians.

Gather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man.

It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first _x000D_ international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the _x000D_ adoption of the first human rights laws and to the creation of the _x000D_ first human rights non-governmenta l organization. And yet despite _x000D_ the efforts of the international community to combat this abhorrent _x000D_ practice, it is still widely prevalent in all _x000D_ its insidious forms, old and new.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development... For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

To educate girls is to reduce poverty.

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.

Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility.

I am not afraid to dream. You first have to start with a dream. Build your castles in the air and give it foundation. Without a dream, you are not going to get anywhere.

Yehudi Menuhin was a citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of every creed and color.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.