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Rafic Hariri

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS RAFIC HARIRI

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52

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1993-09-24

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1998-09-24

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2

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un-general-debate

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1. “Therefore, we are all called upon to provide the United Nations with the necessary means for fulfilling its expanding mandates. By the same token, the United Nations should for its part streamline its operations in order to adapt to the demands of the future. I take this opportunity to welcome the Member States which have recently been admitted to the membership of the United Nations. This is yet another indication of the universality of this Organization and a confirmation of the growing need for it. As the current decade brings us closer to the end of another century in the history of mankind, we now have a clearer picture of the issues and concerns that dominate the thinking of the peoples of the world. In dealing with the spectrum of these questions, we need to rely first and foremost on rational thinking.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

2. “It gives me pleasure to start out by congratulating you on your election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-eighth session. I should also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Stoyan Ganev, for his able stewardship of the previous session of the Assembly. Also, I should like to set on record our appreciation for the outstanding efforts of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, to attain the goals of the United Nations and to fulfil the growing responsibilities entrusted to the world body in behalf of world peace. We do note that the changes sweeping across the world today impose upon the United Nations additional responsibilities which the President, Government and people of Lebanon view with hope and optimism.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)