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Tarja Halonen

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1998-09-24

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2011-09-24

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un-general-debate

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1. “The United Nations has in the 1990s convened global conferences to enhance development in the fields of human rights, sustainable environmental development, population policies, social development, the advancement of women, food security, human settlements and the rights of the child. These conferences have set an ambitious global agenda to which Governments are committed. These commitments form a road map which guides the Governments, non- governmental organizations and individuals as well as the United Nations system. The question remains: can the United Nations deliver? Do we, the Member States, want our Organization to be able to deliver? And do we make it our own responsibility to realize our commitments? Then and only then can the United Nations deliver. And are we also able to see good partners?”

   1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)

2. “This year we are commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I should like therefore to congratulate Mr. Opertti very warmly upon his election to the presidency of this session. Finland will give him its full support in his demanding task. Finland aligns itself with the statement made by my Austrian colleague, Mr. Wolfgang Schüssel, on behalf of the European Union. As has been mentioned in other statements, one of the catchwords of our time is globalization. We all should be ready to contribute to a constructive international dialogue aiming at improving the joint global responses to the various challenges emanating from this globalization. We have also done a lot.”

   1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)