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

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.

I spend most of my time in South Korea but at least one-third of my time is spent traveling around the world, meeting people, speaking about climate change and sustainable development and trying to foster global citizenship especially for young people. What I observe is there clearly is a need for global citizenship. That is exactly right. We are having troubles around the world. We need global vision.

Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal.

The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.