It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.

...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.

You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

Intentions of a man reflects in his actions.

Ladies, most of you have no idea how beautiful you are. Don't let mean words from an insecure soul blind you from the truth of your beauty. You are beautiful by design... just the way you are.

Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us.

Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us--not to mention our crockery and our woolens!

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act-it's how you carry yourself.

It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods.

I've always assumed it to be an absolute requirement for being a writer: to find all emotions and the sources of all behaviors somewhere within yourself.

We only keep what we lose.

The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.