"The goal of reform is a 21st-century United Nations focused more on people and less on process, more on delivery and less on bureaucracy. The true test of reform will be measured in tangible results in the lives of the people we serve – and the trust of those who support our work."

The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.

The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace.

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that is why we have the United Nations.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding.