Reform is a process, and not an event.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

As one of my predecessors said, our objective is not to take people to heaven, but to prevent humanity from going to hell.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.

On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical for achieving truly sustainable development for all.

We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.