To give to those in need is a central pillar of Islam.
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.
The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.
Nowhere in the world has the use of force alone resolved a conflict.
We cannot leave the Central Africans abandoned. Everyone needs to be mobilized to help this country build a future that Central Africans deserve.
All Bangladeshi citizens, including minorities and women, must feel safe and confident in exercising their right to vote.
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective consciousness. But like many of the myths associated with colonialism, the reality is very different.
The future is unpredictable.
We live in a... chaotic world.
I must say I have a personal love affair with India, with its civilisation, its culture.
Violence against women is fundamentally about power.
Far too often, girls are not given the space and opportunities they need to achieve their full potential.
Negative gender stereotypes related to girls' education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics begin as early as primary school and have the devastating effect of making them doubt their own potential.
Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.
The IMF acts on the mandate of the international community.
There's corruption in many parts of the world.
There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.
I do believe that the international community cannot act based on a rivalries or things of that sort.
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.
If resources become scarce, people tend to fight for them. This is increasing the number of people on the move and the number of people forced to move. They're not refugees, according to the legal definition, but they represent a major humanitarian and human rights challenge, as well as a major challenge for world politics.
