In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

It is tragic that so few young people in Western democracies vote. They have forgotten that their ancestors fought for the right to choose and change their leaders. They don't realise that their votes are more important than their tweets or Facebook posts.

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

A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.