Once human-to-human transmission has been established, we would have only a matter of weeks to lock down the spread before it spins out of control, |
One should not allow a minority or small minority to withhold their consent unreasonably. They should have the courage to vote and take decisions. But they tend to want to get consensus at all costs, and therefore you have 191 vetoes, |
One used to be worried about Afghanistan being the center of terrorist activities. My sense is that Iraq has become a major problem and in fact is worse than Afghanistan. |
only normal that governments now want to be involved in Internet governance. |
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. |
Opinions among Iraqis differed widely, as they still do, about the reasons for the foreign military presence in their country, |
our biggest tragedy and our biggest failure. |
Our systems have not kept pace with the operational demands being placed on us. This is an opportunity which may not occur again until another generation has passed. |
Over eight years, we developed very good relations with President Clinton and Vice President Gore, and I look forward to developing the same relations with President-elect Bush, |
particular to the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives in the service of the ideals of the United Nations. |
peoples look to you to solve problems, expect you to work together as governments ... with other institutions. |
Perhaps that, too, holds a lesson for us: the lesson that divisions in the human community are not so insurmountable as we feared; that gaps of misunderstanding and material well-being can be bridged; and that we can ... join hands and unite for a better world, |
Perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol, |
President Chirac has shown real leadership in efforts to find innovative sources of financing to help the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals. |
Prevention is always less expensive than cure, |