The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

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 choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

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

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.

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