| Date | 8 September 2000 |
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| Started | 09:00 |
| Ended | 14:00 |
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Addresses on the occasion of the Summit (continued)
The Co-Chairperson (Namibia)
The Assembly will hear an address by His Excellency Retired Colonel Yahya Jammeh, President of the Republic of the Gambia.
President Jammeh
(Gambia)
We have gathered here once more to not only take stock of the achievements and shortcomings of the United Nations at this end of an era, but also to chart a new agenda of participation and collective commitment by evolving a better and more responsive role for our Organization in the new millennium. As we speak, despite the 50 years of existence of the United Nations, the international community still remains preoccupied with the same chronic concerns of survival and advancement -- objectives that have always been the subjects of recommendations, resolutions and decisions of virtually all international meetings. Time and time again, the adoption of resolutions and the successful attainment of objectives set continue to either elude us or yield only meagre reward for our efforts.
The convening of this Summit challenges us to take far-reaching decisions relating specifically to the right to development, the fair and equitable participation of developing countries in globalization and liberalization, practical commitment to poverty eradication, North-South technical and economic cooperation, and last but not least, the promotion and preservation of international peace and security. All these are desirable and achievable objectives, provided we are prepared to agree unreservedly to commit ourselves, our Governments and the required resources to their attainment.
Our Organization enjoins us world leaders and citizens to combine forces to bring about a brighter future for humankind by ushering in a more balanced and equitable world devoid of social injustice, economic deprivation, hunger and diseases, as well as senseless wars. This dream can only be realized through the establishment of permanent peace and security across the globe. It is a fact that democracy, social development and justice can not take place in the absence of peace.
International peace and security can bring about economic wonders around the world, especially in Africa. But how do we bring about permanent global peace and security? This can be achieved only through tolerance, love and caring for each other. We must ensure an equitable and a just distribution of the world's resources and wealth and inculcate the spirit of caring and sharing to replace the present world economic order. We must replace the rationale of "super profit-making" with the rationale of super welfare or super humanity to bring about the narrowing of the gap between the rich and poor nations of our global village.
The present imbalances and lack of fair adjustments in our participation in the process of globalization should also be addressed so as to enable developing countries to take advantage of world economic growth by mobilizing both domestic and external resources for sustained economic growth and development.
The promotion of peace and democratic values and principles is linked to the development of good relations between Governments. It is for these reasons that my Government considers the failure of the United Nations to respect the dignity and rights of 23 million Taiwanese to membership in our esteemed Organization as a serious setback to the professed universality of the United Nations and a gross 'contradiction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In like manner, the economic embargo on Cuba has proven to be very counterproductive and it is my Government's hope that the international community's recent change of attitude would usher in renewed cooperation and reconciliation with that great country.
The United Nations has immense potential to serve humanity well, within the framework of multilateralism. Its effectiveness or failure depends entirely on Member States and what we make of it. Indeed, against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the international scene, the reforms of the United Nations system, especially reform of the Security Council, require urgent attention to ensure transparency and fairness, based on proportionate representation and sharing of responsibilities.
The United Nations should be the moral standard bearer of humankind, ensuring justice, equality, peace and stability around the world and among nations, irrespective of size, geographical location or economic status in the twenty-first century and beyond. It should be a source of hope for the desperate and of solace and succour for the afflicted, and inspire confidence among the downtrodden and destitute the world over. In this way the notion of "We the Peoples" will have relevance to our profession of faith in our common humanity. Then, and only then, can we claim the twenty-first century, strengthened in our resolve to make this planet a better and more productive one where humankind can live in dignity and peace.
The Co-Chairperson (Namibia)
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A problem occurred in a Python script. Here is the sequence of function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.
| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in |
| 194 if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 195 pathpart = os.getenv("PATH_INFO") |
| 196 maintrunk(pathpart) |
| 197 |
| 198 |
| maintrunk = <function maintrunk>, pathpart = '/generalassembly_55/meeting_7' |
| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in maintrunk(pathpart='/generalassembly_55/meeting_7') |
| 131 elif pagefunc == "gameeting": |
| 132 LogIncomingDB(hmap["docid"], hmap["gadice"] or "0", referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
| 133 WriteHTML(hmap["htmlfile"], hmap["pdfinfo"], hmap["gadice"], hmap["highlightdoclink"]) |
| 134 elif pagefunc == "agendanumexpanded": |
| 135 LogIncomingDB(pagefunc, hmap["agendanum"], referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
| global WriteHTML = <function WriteHTML>, hmap = {'docid': 'A-55-PV.7', 'gadice': '', 'gameeting': 7, 'gasession': 55, 'highlightdoclink': None, 'htmlfile': '/home/undemocracy/undata/html/A-55-PV.7.html', 'pagefunc': 'gameeting', 'pdfinfo': <pdfinfo.PdfInfo instance>} |
| /home/undemocracy/unparse-live/web2/unpvmeeting.py in WriteHTML(fhtml='/home/undemocracy/undata/html/A-55-PV.7.html', pdfinfo=<pdfinfo.PdfInfo instance>, gadice='', highlightth=None) |
| 322 if dclass == "spoken": |
| 323 if not gadice or agendagidcurrent == gadice: |
| 324 WriteSpoken(gid, dtextmu, councilpresidentnation) |
| 325 elif dclass == "subheading": |
| 326 if agendagidcurrent and (not gadice or agendagidcurrent == gadice): |
| global WriteSpoken = <function WriteSpoken>, gid = u'pg002-bk01', dtextmu = u'<h3 class="speaker"> <span class="name">The Co-C...r\xeda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica.</p>', councilpresidentnation = None |
| /home/undemocracy/unparse-live/web2/unpvmeeting.py in WriteSpoken(gid=u'pg002-bk01', dtext=u'<h3 class="speaker"> <span class="name">The Co-C...r\xeda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica.</p>', councilpresidentnation=None) |
| 69 print '</cite>' |
| 70 |
| 71 print dtext[mspek.end(0):] |
| 72 |
| 73 print '</div>' |
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