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Mukherjee

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1994-09-24

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1995-09-24

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1. “Global security today demands a holistic approach involving the promotion of economic and social development; the protection of human rights; the promotion of harmony and social cohesion in multi-racial and multi-ethnic societies; the combating of terrorism, drug-trafficking and clandestine traffic in armaments; and the enhancing of the capacity of the United Nations, within the framework of its Charter, to prevent conflicts, preserve peace and alleviate suffering. The new agenda of the United Nations must be shaped on the basis of this approach, giving peace and development equal priority and treatment. The General Assembly, with its universal participation and comprehensive mandate, should project such a holistic vision and revitalize that vision into action.”

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

2. “And we are approaching 1995: the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations; the fortieth anniversary of Panchsheel - the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; the Year of Tolerance, which is being celebrated by the United Nations; and the one hundred and twenty-fifth birthday of the apostle of 13 peace and moral force, Mahatma Gandhi, whose message only gains in relevance year after year.”

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

3. “The world community must commit itself to ensuring that this principle is implemented for all time to come. All efforts should be made for the development of South Africa. Forty-nine years ago a world tired of war declared that at this foundry of the United Nations it would beat its swords into ploughshares. Instead, we have only produced words, while the swords have not disappeared. The words may be important, but unfortunately they have remained mere words. We seem to be stepping into a new world order in a gaping moral void, with no credible promise of peace nor of a nonviolent world.”

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

4. “I congratulate Mr. Amara Essy on his election as President of the General Assembly at the forty-ninth session. We are particularly gratified that an eminent son of Africa is leading the Assembly’s deliberations this year. We offer our thanks to his predecessor, Ambassador Insanally, who presided over a year of considerable activity in the General Assembly with great aplomb and finesse. The Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, will be completing three years in office. We wish him well as he continues to lead the United Nations. We have already welcomed the new South Africa to the United Nations. South Africa today is a reminder of the triumph of the principle of equality of man - a triumph in which the United Nations played a major role.”

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