The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.

You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.

I did not always achieve what I set out to do. Nevertheless, my personal example certainly suggests that hands-on experience can be helpful to future leaders.

Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it.