We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

...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.

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

To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children.