These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these challenges in their communities, volunteering to make a difference. They remain the true champions of our work towards the Millennium Development Goals.

We at the U.N. have to take some of the blame, because we have not lowered expectations creating the impression we are here to save people, even when we have very limited resources.

For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.

Without a dream you'll not get anywhere.

[Refugees] cannot be stopped, but they can and must be managed better, more humanely, protecting migrants' human rights whilst accepting states' rights to control their borders.

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.