All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let's not confine ourselves to primary education. Let's think of early childhood development and education as a whole.

I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.

The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.