It is with great pleasure that I stand before you today in this first- ever High-level Meeting on the rule of law.
This is a topic that means a lot to me and to the European Union, which I am proud to represent here today. The European Union is a union of values and a community of law. Primary amon…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for this initiative and for his report (A/63/130). On behalf of the European Commission, I would like to welcome all the efforts that have been made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The year 2008 should not only leave us the memo…
Why are we here today? To voice public concern for the more than 1 billion people still living in extreme poverty? Or to go beyond words and turn this into the breakthrough summit where the whole world shows its refusal to accept death by poverty in a world of plenty?
The stakes are high. Some 25,0…
