In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN.

It seems the public in Europe has not yet learnt that most girls in India today go to school.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically.

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world.

Religion has very little to do with the number of babies per woman. All the religions in the world are fully [able] to maintain their values and adapt to this new world.