I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

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

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Children are our future, and their mothers are its guardians.

In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would be required, and exaggerated expectation of what the U.N. troops can do.

There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick and choose where it suits you and when it doesn't suit you, you pull back.

As one of my predecessors said, our objective is not to take people to heaven, but to prevent humanity from going to hell.