The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
— Kofi Annan
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
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.
More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.
