The global work of the United Nations is not without reason compared to that of a family - striving for a common goal in concert with all members for a better future.

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.

Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and human rights. But often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

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.

The gap between the rich and the poor cannot keep growing without nothing being done about it.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

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.