Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.

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

These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. And since its inception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by serving as an agent of positive change trough education and cultural exchange.