There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

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.