Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all

I think that peacekeeping can do quite a lot, if they are given the right mandate with the commensurate resources to get the job done.

[Professional accountants ] should be encouraging companies to enhance their green credentials by switching to renewables, and to respect core labor standards and human rights.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual volunteers.

We had a rule in the school that when you're punished, you carry out the punishment and then complain, which I felt was absolutely unfair: if I'd done it, what was the point of complaining?

...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.