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

Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.

...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.

[Professional accountants ] should be encouraging companies to enhance their green credentials by switching to renewables, and to respect core labor standards and human rights.

Obama saying Gaddafi must go. Putting it upfront like that... it's not very helpful.

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain. One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on...unless you are a king.

If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong.