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.

You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.

UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.

The war on drugs has failed in West Africa and around the world

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.

I observe a lot. I see a lot around me.

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.