If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong.

We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.

We often hear a lot about subsidies, because it's often the powerful talking about the poor; the poor don't have enough voice to question the privileges.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

Does anyone seriously contend that any nation can fend for itself?

Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucratic.

Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful.