Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended. Also, fear of them keeps people off the land, and thus prevents them from growing food.

This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.

Reform is a process, and not an event.

Gather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man.

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

You saw the traumas that people lived through, and wondered what it will take to move us as a human community, as humanity, to help in these dangerous situations.

Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and human rights. And where all three are present, you stand a very good chance of making a go of it.