You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'

I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that might not have seemed as great 10 years ago, such as H.I.V., AIDS and children affected by war.

By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action.

UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.