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Sali Berisha

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2007-09-24
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2011-09-24
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  1. “We are committed to undertake any reform and take any step to achieve those goals. A year ago, we signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union (EU). We are working seriously in every way to fulfil its standards and obligations. At the same time, we have undertaken thorough reforms of our armed forces, with the assistance of many NATO member countries. We are also working to strengthen the rule of law and democracy in our country. We are hopeful that by the time of the next NATO summit, in Bucharest, we will be in a position to deserve an invitation to join the alliance.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)

  2. “We are successfully implementing a number of very important programmes in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and many other United Nations agencies. Albania became part of the effort to reform the United Nations by voluntarily joining the One United Nations programme as a pilot country. We are currently working with United Nations agencies in order to test the One United Nations concept and to develop new approaches and models for partnership in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance and the environment. The first results of the project are truly very encouraging. We are fully committed to making every effort in order to ensure that the initiative can become a success story. European integration and membership in NATO are two main objectives for Albania.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)

  3. “Albania has also been a staunch supporter of international efforts to limit the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the unlawful use of small arms and light weapons, which pose a serious threat to peace, security and stability. In that context, among other measures, we committed ourselves to the full destruction of our stockpile of chemical weapons. In July 2007, Albania became the first country in the world free of chemical materials and armaments of any kind. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Governments of the United States, Germany, Italy, Greece and Switzerland, which provided valuable financial and technical assistance to achieve that important objective.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)

  4. “Albania is a small country, but one with a clear vocation and determination to strengthen freedom and democracy for its citizens. Albania is also deeply committed to making its modest contribution to peace and security in the world. We have established close cooperation with friendly countries and international organizations in the fight against terrorism. In that regard, our peacekeeping units have served or are serving in Bosnia, Georgia, Afghanistan and Iraq. I am delighted to inform the Assembly that, in that same spirit, my Government has decided to contribute another platoon to United Nations peacekeeping operations.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)

  5. “As a representative of a country that suffered one of the most totalitarian of post-Second World War dictatorships, it is my deep conviction that defending and promoting freedom and its values and supporting oppressed peoples in order that they may free themselves from tyrannical regimes that continue to produce human suffering, poverty, violence and terrorism should be the main priority of the Organization. In that context, I would like to say that Central Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans and the entire world are now freer and safer without the likes of Mullah Omar, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the message of hope that President George W. Bush and other leaders have sent from this rostrum to all the peoples of the world still living under tyrannical regimes.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)

  6. “Please allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish you great success in that very important job. I would also like to thank the outgoing President, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, for her valuable contribution to the General Assembly. I also wish to congratulate Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his leadership, his great efforts in support of peace and cooperation in the world and his contribution to strengthening the United Nations and its institutions.”

    2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)