When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.
Human rights are being violated in so many places. But we don't give up because we know respect for human rights and human dignity is a basic condition for peace.
When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people - they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.
The IMF acts on the mandate of the international community.
Terrorism is a persistent and evolving global menace. No country is immune.
China can be a guarantor to North Korea that if they give up their nuclear capacity, the United States will not be in a position to harm them. And for the United States, China can also be a guarantor that if there is an agreement, that the agreement is effectively implemented by the North Koreans.
Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war.
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now more and more is a certain number of mega-trends interacting with one another: population growth, urbanization, food insecurity, water scarcity, climate change, and conflict.
The international community spends much more time and resources managing crises than preventing them. But TV cameras are seldom there when a conflict is avoided, so it is difficult for governments and international organizations to make prevention a priority.
When we see so many conflicts multiplying, the only way to allow the international community to be able to address those conflicts, the only way to allow the international community to act boldly, is with unity of the countries of the region, able to serve together and in the same universal principles.
I do believe that the international community cannot act based on a rivalries or things of that sort.
As a global society, we have the technology, resources and the know-how to make a massive difference to living standards everywhere, including for refugees.
I am a multilateralist. I am deeply convinced that there is no other way to deal with global challenges than with global responses, and organised in a multilateral way.
I'm not a multilateralist against anybody. I'm a multilateralist because I believe in a multilateral order.
Conflicts are multiplying - people are suffering. But we don't give up, because we know every man, woman, and child deserves a life of peace.
Nagasaki is not just an international city with a long and fascinating history. It is a global inspiration for all those who seek to create a safer and more secure world.
Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.
The United Nations needs to be nimble, efficient, and effective.
The facts are clear. Our oceans are a mess.