If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

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

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.

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

No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.