Governments must stop hiding in their corners and work to reach agreements on crucial poverty reduction and genocide prevention measures.

The summit is up for grabs right now, and we cannot let this chance slip away.

Negotiations are teetering on the brink of failure because governments are not reaching agreement on key poverty reduction measures, arms controls and their 'responsibility to protect' civilians,

Similarly, if the summit outcome doesn't include the need to control small arms, which are the real weapons of destruction, and does not include the need for all developed nations to spend 0.7 percent of gross national income (GNI) in overseas aid, this historic chance for reform will result in failure,

It seemed like five minutes later we were here, the Land That Time Forgot, watching the removal van disappear round the corner like a last hope.

He was already fading. I knew that it wouldn't be long until he was just a vague image, however much I tried to cling onto his memory.

My friends are always conscious of what people think of them. As though life is something that has an audience.

I wanted to tell her that Luka wasn't like any other boy I'd ever know before. Not because he was a ghost. Because he was Luka.

Just for a moment, amid all the bad stuff, this was a happy place again.

He was one of those people who completely changes when they smile. Like the sun had come out.