Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol.

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

Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls on the occupiers.

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.

The war on drugs has failed in West Africa and around the world

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very obvious that was an unwinnable war.