If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.

In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

We need to ensure the poorest in the planet - who will be hardest hit by the financial crisis - are not forgotten.

We had a rule in the school that when you're punished, you carry out the punishment and then complain, which I felt was absolutely unfair: if I'd done it, what was the point of complaining?

As we move forward, you cannot resolve the potential food crisis or shortages without science being part of the solution. Science has to be part of the solution but African governments - and these are decisions for governments, whether they embrace or do not embrace genetically modified food - and for the moment, most African companies do not accept genetically modified seeds.

If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual volunteers.

The UN doesn't work in a vacuum.