These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

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.

The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful

The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country blocking action ought to have to explain its decision and propose an alternative solution. It has been suggested that a veto only becomes effective if the vetoing state has the support of two or three other permanent members.