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.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

As one of my predecessors said, our objective is not to take people to heaven, but to prevent humanity from going to hell.

Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.

We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.

...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.