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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.
There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole – women and men alike – than the one which involves women as central players.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.
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.
If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.