There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick and choose where it suits you and when it doesn't suit you, you pull back.

My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

As I travel around the world, people think the only place where there is potential conflict [over] water is the Middle East, but they are completely wrong. We have the problem all over the world.