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Gro Harlem Brundtland

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND

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1988-09-24

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1996-09-24

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1. “We, who as a matter of policy and conviction have always supported the United Nations, are encouraged to see it resume its rightful role as the protector and promoter of peace and stability, a centre where nations harmonize their policies and actions in Favour of a more secure world based on social and economic justice. As policies and positions of nations change we must have one focal point in the world which is constitutionally and permanently charged with the task of searching for negotiated solutions to political, economic and social solutions. There have been long periods when the United Nations has suffered from the divisions between blocs, and in particular from the lack of dialogue and co-operation between the United States and the Soviet Union, but the post-war bipolar world has yielded to a multipolar one.”

   1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)

2. “On behalf of Norway I add my congratulations to those of the speakers who have preceded me, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-third session of the General Assembly. The community of nations is looking to this forty-third session of the General Assembly with high hopes and great expectations. After years of decline in multilateral co-operation, are we finally witnessing the turn of the tide? The conspicuous, constructive role that the Organization has lately successfully played with regard to many regional conflicts clearly demonstrates the need for an effective United Nations.”

   1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)