On behalf of the Dutch Government, I congratulate the President on the draft outcome document (A/70/L.33) after a 10-year process.
For the Dutch Government, the agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a very important one — foremost because there is still great inequality be…
Last month, I visited a refugee camp at the border between Turkey and Syria. I met children, women and men, who told me how they had escaped the violence and suffering in their home country. They had fled the bloodshed of a regime that is using indiscriminate violence against its own people. They ha…
Early this morning, we had a side event on the peaceful settlement of disputes, with the participation of, among others, the President of the International Court of Justice and the Secretary- General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The side event was attended by many people who share the comm…
In May I visited Tunisia, the cradle of the revolutions that have spread across the Arab world. I spoke to many people there who told me about their deep yearning for freedom, about the decades during which their freedom had been suppressed and about what the revolution meant for their lives. One of…
