It is well known that you can only manage what you measure, and as this is the job of professional accountants, it means they have huge influence on companies' governance.

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

There are lots of questions which have to be answered.

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.

These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.