A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment

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

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

We all make mistakes.

Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.

Neutrality is a tough call for the weaker ones.

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.