Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war in Iraq. That really was very difficult and very painful. Every fibre in my body felt it was wrong. I spoke to leaders, we spoke to people, we tried... we couldn't stop it... and we see the results.

Revolution by its nature can not be overly programmed or directed. There are so many forces at work that you don't know where and how it all ends.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself.

I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.

You saw the traumas that people lived through, and wondered what it will take to move us as a human community, as humanity, to help in these dangerous situations.