When the US withdrew their troops from Somalia, I recall making a comment that [in] the way the peacekeepers had been withdrawn from Somalia, the impression had been given that the easiest way to unravel a peacekeeping operation is to kill a few soldiers.

On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts the ideal of peace.

Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.

Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.

Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right.

In countries where democracy is either non-existent or in development, on the other hand, citizens crave those freedoms. Maybe that is one lesson Western citizens can learn from those countries: treasure what you have. Use your rights and freedoms to effect the change you want.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.