If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

The global work of the United Nations is not without reason compared to that of a family - striving for a common goal in concert with all members for a better future.

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

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.

Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.