The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it.

We all make mistakes.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in which all individuals are enabled to maximize their potential, and to contribute to the evolution of society as a whole.

How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is not there; the whole continent of Africa, soon to be 54 countries, don't have a single permanent seat; and Latin America is absent? It's not realistic.

UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.

The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the States in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.