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"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face."
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"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 urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."

"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."

"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
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"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."

"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."

"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
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"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face."
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