What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.