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

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

Learn all you can about people in other parts of the world. Understanding how people in other countries live and work and play teaches us to respect them and promote peace everywhere.

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

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

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.

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