Revolution by its nature can not be overly programmed or directed. There are so many forces at work that you don't know where and how it all ends.

I think that in the West, many citizens, especially younger citizens, take their freedoms and institutions for granted and focus on their frustrations with their governments' inability to solve pressing problems.

The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes... So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts.

I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.

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

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

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