every senior U.N. official, engaged directly or indirectly in the struggle against AIDS, to whom I have spoken about South Africa, is completely bewildered by the policies of President Mbeki. |
Gordon Brown's proudest boast is that, during his stewardship, the U.K. economy has consistently grown from one quarter to the next. The Bank Governor seems to be saying that this achievement was primarily a 'nice' decade phenomenon, and not the hard-won and well-merited result of outstandingly successful policies. |
Historically, there is no correlation between what markets do in the first week of the year and what they do in the year as a whole. |
How do you save married women, who have no choice? |
I don't think the world yet realizes the carnage that is to come. I don't think the world yet realizes the full, incomparable horror of AIDS, and its inexorable spread around the planet. |
I have to say that the United Nations doesn't seem to understand this truth. |
I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front. |
I should have moved for a continuation and deposed him. It affected the outcome. I called (Alcorn's) girlfriend without interviewing her in advance. It was a horrible mistake that prejudiced the case. |
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level. |
I want to be cautious here, because Africa is a hugely complex continent and you can't really generalize about it. |
I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher. |
I'm in a great rage now, as I understand how many lives we have lost. |
I'm not big on titles, but I think any title that is associated directly with the Secretary General will gain access. |
I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel. |
If only a fraction of this production were to be withheld from the market, the impact on the crude price would be dramatic, such is the narrow margin between global supply and demand in 2006. |