As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.