Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit like the way we treat the sea. It doesn't belong to any particular country, but to all of us, but I'm not sure some of the powerful are ready for that sort of solution.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing.

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

We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.

You have to wake up every day ready to start again.

There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls and the empowerment of women... When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier; they are better fed; their income, savings, and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is true of communities and, eventually, whole countries.