One has to learn from history. Quite frankly, it is almost impossible to have a sense of vision without a sense of history. If history is learned, then it doesn't have to repeat itself over generations.

Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.

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

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with.

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.