It is not mere rhetoric that I begin by joining previous speakers in stressing the timeliness of the British initiative to allow us to address what is undoubtedly a formidable challenge to the international community — doing away with legal vacuums and pockets of lawlessness. The United Nations must…
Today, a terrible and cruel spectre is roaming the world, spreading in its wake suffering, bereavement and helplessness, from New York to Manipur, from Europe to the Caribbean — and Africa, because the scourge of AIDS has taken an especially cruel grip on that suffering continent.
AIDS is the embod…
Allow me to begin by joining those who have expressed their gratification, Sir, at seeing your country, Guinea — and with Guinea, Africa — presiding over the Council at this crucial time for peace and security in the world. On behalf of Spain, I wish you a successful and effective conduct of our act…
The world has changed since the Assembly last met. The twenty-first century began on 11 September 2001, and our great collective challenge is to ensure the primacy of the rule of law in the sphere of international relations. The natural forum for that legal culture and legitimacy is the United Natio…
