As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

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.

Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.

As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles of the revolution by the highest levels of leadership in Egypt.

I made an effort to ensure social safeguards. But our economy has to grow - and Chile, with a population of 17 million, cannot depend entirely on its domestic market. Which is why the decision to focus on exports, made at the beginning of the democratic era, was the correct one. We are continuing to do so. For a long time, Chile has been successful in combating poverty. But now we must focus more on fighting inequality.