The change of the binominal system is without a doubt, a great advancement, it will allow us to be better represented and have better ideas.

In any area of the UN we ... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.' Now, they tell me, 'I want to be president just like you.' All of us can dream as big as we want.

Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.