If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline.

They often lack simple and fundamental information that is crucial to their safety. As we know, in the world of Aids, silence is death.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.