The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?

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

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

We have to be very clear with the population and the countries we enter what we can do and what we cannot do.

His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom and mutual respect among the world's religions.

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.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.