Like any large organisation, public or private, the UN is a complex machine.

Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very obvious that was an unwinnable war.

Not only do these abominable weapons lie buried in silence and in their millions waiting to kill or maim innocent women and children; but the presence or even the fear of the presence of a single landmine can prevent the cultivation of an entire field, rob a whole village of its livelihood, place yet another obstacle on a country's road to reconstruction and development

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.

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.