I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.
Kemiskinan menghancurkan keluarga, komunitas dan bangsa. Ini menyebabkan ketidakstabilan dan kerusuhan politik dan memicu konflik.
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
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 don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes.
The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it.
We seriously have to question the motivation of those people referred to as climate change sceptics, who are denying the evidence of human-caused climate change and preventing us from moving forward by spreading disinformation and supporting unchecked carbon pollution.
If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.
On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.
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.