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.

A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only with the Security Council.

There are lots of questions which have to be answered.

Children are our future, and their mothers are its guardians.

Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit like the way we treat the sea. It doesn't belong to any particular country, but to all of us, but I'm not sure some of the powerful are ready for that sort of solution.

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.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.