Three years ago, when I first had the honour of addressing the General Assembly in a plenary meeting (see A/70/ PV.22), I emphasized that Greece was at the forefront of three overlapping international crises. Those crises have had a severe impact on Greek society, its economy and the country’s diplo…
I come from a country far away from that of Nelson Mandela. Nevertheless,
our civilization inspired the democratic ideals that he fought for and was ready to risk his life for. In the century that has passed, it was Nelson Mandela who inspired those democratic ideals and kept them alive under the m…
In 2015, we celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco by reflecting on the challenges facing us as an international community and our capacity to resolve them. A year later, the challenges and problems still persist and the same questi…
Seventy years have passed since the United Nations was founded, after the most disastrous war in history. In the wake of that war, the noble declarations of the United Nations raised hopes for a common peaceful future, based on universal values, social justice and respect for human rights. Much has …
It is very important that our post-2015 development agenda address the interrelated challenges of eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development by introducing a signal set of new Sustainable Development Goals that call for a balance among the economic, social and environmental dimensions…
