The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.