"China is not at once replaceable in the manufacturing sector worldwide as the appreciation of the yuan will harm the interests of U.S. consumers, its industries and international enterprises, as well as developing and underdeveloped countries."

Zuo Xiaolei, chief economist at China Galaxy Securities, criticizing recent efforts by the United States to pressure the revaluation of the Chinese currency

"China has gone through the process and it knows what are the necessary things... what tools, what policies are required to reduce poverty."

Hamidon Ali, President of the UN Economic and Social Council, encouraging China, which he said is a good example for global anti-poverty efforts, to share its experience of development in a bid to help other developing countries.

"The Macondo 252 well is effectively dead. We can now state, definitively, the Macondo well poses no continuing threat to the Gulf of Mexico."

Thad Allen, who has overseen the U.S. Government's response to the BP's Gulf leak, after BP on September 19 permanently "killed" its deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico that ruptured in April and unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history

"The election is the only thing we have in our hands with which to change our future."

Lalia Agha, a 26-year old taxi driver in Kandahar, when voting in Afghan's parliamentary elections on September 18 despite the threat of extremist violence

"Global ozone, including ozone in the polar region, is no longer decreasing but not yet increasing."

Len Barrie, head of research of the World Meteorological Organization. Studies by UN scientists show the protective ozone layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals that took effect in 1987

"We can't just go back to business as usual in terms of how we tackle these large, complex emergencies."

Valerie Amos, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the need for updated disaster responses in light of the recent calamities in Haiti and Pakistan