I am conscious that the central problem for all of us when we rise to speak to the General Assembly is that there are too many issues of concern to hope to address them all in one speech. There is no shortage of challenges to the United Nations as we meet for the first time in a new century to debat…
Let me at the outset congratulate the Netherlands on initiating this debate. It is inevitable that this Security Council is often preoccupied with immediate and pressing crises. But if we are to do our job of securing peace throughout the world, we must
The dramatic threat to human life from weapon…
It is just over half a century since the then British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, presented the Charter of the United Nations to our Parliament. He told our Parliament:
“We are seeking not merely good relations between nations but between the human beings within nations”.
The concept he saw ex…
I welcome this opportunity to take part in our debate on the Secretary- General’s report. I would first of all say that I regard that report on promoting peace and prosperity in Africa as lucid, compelling and directly relevant to the work of the Security Council. Kofi Annan has laid a firm foundati…
President Mugabe began the discussion by referring to the renaissance throughout Africa, and it is right that at the outset we should recognize the improvements in that continent. Democracy is spreading, good government is taking strong roots in many countries, and the peaceful dismantling of aparth…
We inhabit a modern world in which we must accept change as the normal condition of life. Communication around the globe is becoming faster. The distance between our countries is becoming shorter. I travelled to New York at twice the speed of sound and I landed before I took off. Every word I say to…
