You may have noticed over the years that the UN became a bit more media-friendly, a bit more open to the media than in the past.

The U.N. power comes from concerted action of the governments.

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.

The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its members, and especially the Permanent 5 (P5), have a special responsibility for international peace and security.

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.

The status quo cannot work.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.