Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

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.

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

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

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.