The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country blocking action ought to have to explain its decision and propose an alternative solution. It has been suggested that a veto only becomes effective if the vetoing state has the support of two or three other permanent members.

Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.

If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation. Ideally not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

You are never too young to lead and you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where others have not.