Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with the tools they need to live lives of security and dignity. On this International Human Rights Day, let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations.

One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king.

Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.

The United Nations is proud to have the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign as a partner.

Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives.

Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will provoke me - I know he will provoke me! And there are times when I simply refuse to be provoked. And the other times you have to use that superior knowledge to carry on at work without distraction, and don't allow yourself to be distracted.

The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the Communist bloc. They did not envision the mass displacements of people we are seeing today.