You will recall that for months after 9/11, there was incredible support and sympathy for the US. I really hoped and wished they had played on that, and kept all these friends they had made, and found a way of dealing with the terrorists through co-operation of international intelligence services, police exchange of information.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

To build a more healthy, peaceful and equitable world the classrooms of the world have to be full of girls as well as boys.

Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended. Also, fear of them keeps people off the land, and thus prevents them from growing food.

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.