In my lifetime, the world has been sliced up and labelled in many different ways: East and West; communism and capitalism; North and South; Christian and Muslim; developed and developing, and so on. But as we meet today, the most important fault line is not one of geography, or ideology, or religion…
None of us here today can fail to be concerned about the damage caused by the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. We all know the statistics. For every minute of our debate, a man, woman or child will die as a result of armed violence. We also know the facts. The only way we can tackle th…
The nations represented here know how deeply the world has changed in the six and a half decades since the United Nations was formed; since the spirit of international citizenship, of peoples and nations combining their energies to solve our shared problems, gave birth to the United Nations. Today, …
It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly today for the first time as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It is a privilege to be here to discuss how, together, we can reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and make the necessary commitments towards eradicating the probl…
