We were not prepared ... we are under attack, under siege, having to temporarily relocate personnel.

A lot remains to be done if we are to see a world characterized by solidarity, peace and prosperity. On a day like this, we remember one of our time's greatest advocates for such a world.

The paradox [in Cote d'Ivoire] is that while we have everything ready for the path to peace, we are also ready for the road to crisis.

While U.N. personnel are being held hostages, any continuation of attack against the RUF could place the U.N. personnel at risk,

has adopted this siege mentality in which the best way to deflect the question is to attack the questioner. I'm not quite sure who he's playing to -- maybe the segment of the Republican Party that believes we're a bunch of liberals who have our own agenda.

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent