In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide.

In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.

The future belongs to you, but it can only belong to you if you participate and take charge

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

Sometimes in peacekeeping operations you show force in order not to use force - people realise that there's a pushback and there's a solid force there that's not going to be pushed around, that sometimes helps.

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

We need to ensure the poorest in the planet - who will be hardest hit by the financial crisis - are not forgotten.