The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the States in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.

I think we can make a difference in the lives of the poor, and the millions.

The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice. That foundation is the family. It is only by protecting families, from famine as well as from fragmentation, that they can prosper and contribute to the family of nations that is the United Nations.

We can love what we are, without hating what, and who, we are not.

Over time you get to understand the nature of man and the environments you are dealing with, and you can't always allow emotions and temper to flare up because you're displeased with something, or you want to change it.

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.