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Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah,

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1994-09-24
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2005-09-24
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  1. “We see that as the only way for the United Nations to block all forces of violence and inhumanity by means of a strong and just world order. When it is time for the Assembly to decide, we in Brunei Darussalam will consider all proposals in that light.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  2. “We will acknowledge the good faith of all our fellow Members, and we will help in any way we can to achieve the broadest possible consensus. That, we think, is not a 14 way of avoiding the hard decisions that have to be made. On the contrary, we believe it serves to recognize how hard those decisions are and how important this body is to the world. The consensus that was reached 60 years ago was a strong one. It served the world well for many decades. It now appears very clear that, although the structure of the United Nations remains in place, the world has changed enormously. A new consensus is being sought. Unlike the consensus reached at the end of the Second World War, it is not directed at the means to maintain peace; it is aimed at creating the conditions for lasting peace.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  3. “Our interest lies in working closely with all other Members. For that reason, we shall offer whatever help we can to building the broadest possible consensus on all the many far- reaching decisions that the Organization is currently called upon to make. The most important of those decisions at present concerns the question of United Nations reform. Like many of our fellow Members, we have long given our strong support to reform. In recent months, we have held discussions with many colleagues that go far beyond matters of principle; they have dealt with specific proposals. Most of them aim at redesigning the structure of the Organization, including the Security Council. Our response has been the one we have always offered. We will listen with respect.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  4. “For many years, we have maintained that understanding root causes must be a very important part of any long-term approach to tackling terrorist activities. Of course, every possible form of bilateral and multilateral cooperation is needed to deal with the criminals involved. But condemnation is not enough, and legislation is never sufficient. All attempts to justify acts of terrorism must be resolutely countered, not by exchanges of opposing definitions of evil but by determination to eradicate all possible root causes, which some may wrongly see as justifying such acts. That is very difficult. It requires consensus here at the United Nations on what constitutes injustice, especially historical injustice, and on what constitutes unfairness. That, in turn, demands a new, reformed United Nations. We are a small nation.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  5. “When the international community is so gravely divided on matters such as nuclear development, arms proliferation, globalization, the environment and social injustice, this body must be the judge of whether international conduct is acceptable. Solutions to international problems must come from truly united nations acting in concert. In other words, the United Nations must be an efficient world organization committed to tackling root causes and insisting on dialogue and negotiation as the sole means of settling disputes, no matter how long it takes and no matter how frustrating the process may be. The global crisis arising from the search for the best way to deal with modern, technology-fuelled terrorism highlights that need.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  6. “For this reason, we in Brunei Darussalam will do whatever we can to achieve them in our own country and to help our neighbours do likewise. In setting the Millennium Goals, we recognized that, in order to re-establish world order, the root causes of anger, despair, injustice and hatred must be addressed. I would, therefore, once more like to commend the Secretary-General and his staff and the United Nations agencies, both professional and volunteer, for all they have done in the field to deepen our understanding of those causes. The causes have become clearly defined in all their urgency. They are political, social, cultural and economic. In each case, we do not believe that solutions can be imposed.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  7. “It comes not merely from criminal terrorists: it comes from many aspects of globalization, from international crime, from new technology, from social and cultural disruption, from a rapidly degrading environment and from the grave threats posed by the possible spread of fearful new diseases. In real, immediate human terms, it comes from fear, from injustice, from a loss of absolute values and from sheer rage. It is revealed in feelings of hopelessness and an almost total loss of confidence. Many of us here, especially those from small developing nations, are, therefore, convinced that world order must be dramatically strengthened. As I stated at the High-level Plenary Meeting two days ago (see A/60/PV.6), there is no greater way to begin this process than for each of us to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  8. “These brutal attacks extend beyond personal grief and national 13 condemnation. They are symptomatic of many grave threats the people of the world face today. As such, they constitute nothing less than an attack on world order. For this reason, we believe it is high time the world order asserted itself in modern terms. In other words, a new, revitalized United Nations is called for ó not for us as Heads of State, or for our diplomats, or for any of us who are privileged and have the means, the education and the opportunity to live in hope and confidence. A new United Nations is needed by the ordinary citizens we are privileged to represent here. If world order is indeed under attack, that means ordinary people and their families are also under attack. In far too many ways, it is not merely an attack. It is an all-out assault.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  9. “I would like to offer my congratulations to the President on his election. In doing so, I assure all our fellow members of Brunei Darussalam's continued strong support for the United Nations. Much of the attention at almost every great international meeting for the past four years has been given to the inhuman acts of global terrorists. Inevitably, this has focused on specific events. That is understandable, of course, and we in Brunei Darussalam again add our voices to the condemnation of all such actions. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of all who have suffered losses. Nevertheless, as we meet our respected fellow Members of the United Nations, we again state what we have continuously said since the onset of the current wave of global terrorism.”

    2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)

  10. “I offer my comments in the spirit of contributing to our common goal of strengthening an open world that will benefit all countries.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  11. “ASEAN wants to engage all the major Powers in a pattern of constructive relations throughout the Asia- Pacific region. The ASEAN Regional Forum, inaugurated in Bangkok in July, brings together all major and middle- 2 sized Powers - the United States, Japan, the European Union, China, Russia, Canada, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand - in a common framework. We want the United Nations and all major Powers to associate themselves with ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. The fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations is approaching. It is an appropriate occasion for us to rethink how we can strengthen the United Nations system to enable it to face successfully the challenges of the twenty-first century.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  12. “Where ASEAN succeeded, as in Cambodia, it was because we worked with the major Powers within a framework defined by the United Nations. Otherwise, we would have failed. We will and must continue to work closely with the United Nations. All regional institutions need the over-arching framework of the United Nations. The United Nations, and particularly the permanent members of the Security Council, must retain primary responsibility for international peace and security. No regional organization can succeed if it shuts itself off from the world. Our goal is an ASEAN of all South- East Asian countries. We are gradually creating what can be loosely described as a culture of peace and security in South-East Asia. We hope to extend it by linking up with other regional organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  13. “We are all members of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (APEC), an organization for economic cooperation and trade liberalization, which will give greater opportunities to all. Because of such cooperation and the general stability of the region, trade and investments have greatly increased. All ASEAN countries are industrializing rapidly, with high growth rates. I offer these comments on ASEAN in the hope that they can contribute to discussions that will strengthen the United Nations system. ASEAN is well aware of its own limits and limitations. ASEAN does not exist in a vacuum. We could not have succeeded without a favourable international environment. ASEAN is not an alternative to the United Nations.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  14. “Sensitive questions of ethnicity, culture and religion are often involved in our relations with each other. We do not deny the existence of these issues, but we continue to work together wherever we can. Differences among us do not stop cooperation for mutual benefit. It is wiser for regional organizations to start with less ambitious goals. It took ASEAN a quarter of a century, from 1967 to 1992, to establish habits of close cooperation and consultation. Only after this was achieved did ASEAN feel confident enough to take the significant, though modest, decision to set up an ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) within 15 years from 1992. We are now discussing how we can speed up AFTA and complete it within 10 years. We have also formed a number of growth triangles straddling the adjacent territories of three or more member countries.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  15. “ASEAN offers one possible vision of regional cooperation and development. We do not have set institutions and legal undertakings, as does the European Union. Our aim is more modest. We seek to foster a culture of cooperation. Through consultation, consensus and cooperation, we have been able to contain, resolve or reduce our differences. We have concentrated on working together for our common interests. This is a process of enlarging a set of shared values. Since ASEAN was formed in 1967, its members have evolved an informal style of sorting out their differences. Cooperation is not the result of formal agreements but comes from a strong sense of common purpose. We are not without our problems. Most ASEAN countries have unresolved territorial questions with one another.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  16. “As the Secretary-General has pointed out, regional arrangements can help to reduce the burden on the United Nations. The United Nations takes the primary responsibility for international peace and security, but regional organizations such as the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) can reduce its load through preventive diplomacy and regional economic cooperation. They can complement the United Nations. Of course, there are many regional organizations; every region has its own. But not all of them work. If we are to realize the potential of Chapter VIII, we need fresh approaches to regional arrangements. Regional organizations must be realistic in their goals. They have to build a framework for cooperation which suits their conditions. ASEAN, of which Brunei is a member, has achieved some success.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  17. “Instead, we must encourage and reward those who liberalize and open up their economies. The United Nations and its specialized agencies can help in this. But the end of the cold war has stretched the resources of the United Nations. Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Haiti and other trouble areas are consuming much of the limited financial and manpower resources of the United Nations, and this has reduced its role in promoting development. It is tragic that problems of development are on the back-burner. This is not the fault of the United Nations. The United Nations can do no more than its Members are willing to do. One way to reduce the drain on United Nations resources is for regional organizations to work with the United Nations in accordance with Chapter VIII of its Charter. We may not have fully used the potential of Chapter VIII.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  18. “The people of Palestine also face the challenge of putting their painful past behind them and of building a peaceful and prosperous future. To succeed they will need the support of the international community and the United Nations. In our region the people of Cambodia are also struggling to build a new future. The United Nations played a crucial role in Cambodia, but some obstacles remain. My country supports the efforts of King Norodom Sihanouk and his Government to rebuild and reunite Cambodia. We wish them success. The end of the cold war has placed economics at the top of the international agenda. The challenge is how to increase economic cooperation through more trade and investment. The world now needs a stable international environment to allow this to happen. We must resist the trend towards protectionism.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)

  19. “My congratulations, Mr. President, on your election to this high office. You are well known in United Nations circles and your election is a tribute to your country, Côte d’Ivoire, and to you. May I also congratulate Ambassador Insanally and thank him for his great contribution. We are proud that a fellow member of the Commonwealth has served the United Nations with such skill and distinction. It gives me great pleasure to welcome South Africa back to the General Assembly. We have long admired the courageous leadership of President Mandela in his country’s struggle for freedom. He now faces equally great challenges in rebuilding South Africa. We wish him success. I must also congratulate the people of Palestine on their courage and vision in signing the historic Peace Agreements.”

    1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)