Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the level of the murderer, and treating him as he treated others? The forfeiture of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict it on another, even when backed by legal process.

The United Nations is proud to have the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign as a partner.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

Peace is never a perfect achievement.

We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.