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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.