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

We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity.

We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.

Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world

Usually, when you look around the world, people are killing each other, fighting over scarce resources.

Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms.

It is within the family that children learn the values that will guide them for the rest of their lives. It is within the family that they form their earliest relationships, learn to communicate with others and interact with the world around them. It is within the family that the notion of human rights becomes a reality lived on a daily basis. If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.