It's time for other candidates to come forward that have experience in development.

When is the last time anybody heard Vice President Dick Cheney even feign a word of concern for the world's poor?

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

I think it's going to be visually stunning. It's going to be a very unique theater experience,

In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.

The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.