It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it.

Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the mission of the United Nations in the century to come.

I was an ordinary boy at school, a young man. In fact, what did the headmaster once say? "You're constantly challenging those in authority; questioning and challenging those in authority." Which was not really the way I saw it. I felt there were questions that had to be answered, and things that weren't quite right.

Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.

The United Nations is proud to have the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign as a partner.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories.

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all