Girls' education is the single best investment that any society can make.

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

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.

...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

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.

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

When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.