The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country blocking action ought to have to explain its decision and propose an alternative solution. It has been suggested that a veto only becomes effective if the vetoing state has the support of two or three other permanent members.

It is true that the principle of national citizenship, associated with rights, and the control of a country's borders are two key aspects of modern 'sovereign' nation states as they emerged in the Westphalian order. But there has been much progress since 1648.

It's always a difficult time to be secretary general.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

I think the world has moved on.