A decade ago I was elected the Head of Government of my country. It was 1994, a time of hope for the world and for the Organization of the United Nations. The collapse of the communist system and the iron curtain and the
appearance of new democracies in the world, combined with a positive economic …
During the past two years, the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in Africa, have brought turmoil to the world.
The United Nations has never been more necessary, yet perhaps never has its efficacy been so questioned nor, until the bombings last month in Ba…
We are coming to the end of 1999, a date that many see as the end of an epoch, given the proximity of the new millennium. The
It is with humility that Western nations, such as mine, consider the development of mankind, which well before our year one was recorded by other calendars during thousands …
I should like first to thank for his work the outgoing President, Ismail Razali. My Ambassador, the Andorran Vice-President for the fifty- first session of the General Assembly, was a firsthand witness to both the diplomatic skill and dedication of his Malaysian counterpart. On behalf of the Governm…
When we take the time to analyse the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, we realize that the founding fathers and mothers of the United Nations were very careful to establish a system of sovereign equality of States in the supreme organ of our Organization, the General Assembly. At the same…
Allow me first of all to express the honour I feel as an Andorran at the distinction that has been conferred on our small country by this Assembly through your election, Mr. Minoves-Triquell, as a Vice-President for this year’s session of the General Assembly. I thank you for calling on me to addres…
