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Gatti

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1992-09-24
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2001-09-24
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  1. “It is an offense to our civilization, intelligence and dignity that on the threshold of the year 2000 people should be starving to death. Unfortunately, we still have to cope with this tragic reality, and we hope that the United Nations will find timely and real solutions to this problem.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  2. “This implies that everyone must account for all acts perpetrated against freedom all acts that violate human rights, and all acts that imperil peace. San Marino believes that the concept of personal responsibility must be stressed and must be made paramount internationally. In democratic institutions, the exercise of power both political and military is a service rendered to civil and democratic growth and the social economic development of the entire community, in favour of the individual, never against him. Those who use power against a part of the community, against a minority or against a group of individuals, or those who hinder or make civil, cultural, social and economic development regress must account for their actions. In these days the tragic scenes and information from Somalia fill us with sorrow.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  3. “The first requisite, which takes a negative form, is the absence of any need to depend on the will of others; the second, which takes a positive form, is participation in the decision-making processes. In any case, I am convinced that any other political system would do more to deprive people of freedom. Democracy, even in its most imperfect forms, is organized in such a way as to ensure that individuals may participate in the exercise of power. This occurs where there is positive freedom. However, that freedom is limited if negative freedoms freedom of thought, freedom of association and of religion, and all the other freedoms granted by modern constitutions - are not guaranteed and safeguarded.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  4. “The entire world should be grateful to the United Nations for carrying out its mission with courage and great generosity in risky circumstances, which, owing to the irresponsibility of those who encourage and support war, can sometimes turn to tragedy. But let me invite representatives to take on a more effective commitment to the idea and the sentiment of peace. We must all defend the right to peace, the main feature of which is freedom and respect for minorities. What force must freedom have if peace is to be maintained? It is the force rooted in and safeguarded by democratic government. I am well aware that even the most advanced democracies are far from satisfying the two requisites of freedom.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  5. “It may exist only if men's legitimate aspirations are satisfied and if everyone is convinced that, in the exercise of his rights, nobody is riding roughshod over the rights of any other person, even if that person is of a different colour or a different faith. The most praiseworthy and indispensable initiatives aimed at the restoration of peace will be useless until men are educated to a deep-rooted sense of peace. I believe that this is the future role of the United Nations a role that the Organization will have to play with determination and authority. We have a common duty to contribute to the removal of war-clouds and bilateral tensions. It is essential that we commit ourselves to that end. In those circumstances, humanitarian support is increasingly necessary.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  6. “If I am to speak frankly, as my position requires, I have to say that crimes that we have always considered to be the most serious, nationally and internationally, are being committed, and have been a reality for quite a long time, in the former Yugoslavia. A premeditated and determined refusal to find a peaceful solution must be considered an act of war, but counter-attack is difficult when there has been no actual attack. Peace is not a condition that can be imposed; it is a more complex reality, a permanent state that has to be felt. In my opinion, every man has to be resolved to want peace and want to live in peace. This condition may exist only if men are in a state of peace, if their rights are respected, and if they are free to enjoy their liberty and their rights.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  7. “Today the world and, in particular, the European continent are concentrating their attention on the former Yugoslavia on its never-ending war, on the useless destruction of goods and property, on the inexcusable death of too many civilians, on the indiscriminate use of heavy weapons, on the extremely serious violations of fundamental human rights, on the unacceptable concentration camps a phenomenon that we believed Europe had relegated to history on the obstacles brutally placed in the way of the relief missions that have been so generously organized by the United Nations, and on the non-observance of the rights of minorities and of freedom of religion.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  8. “The United Nations has undertaken the difficult and essential task of drawing the world's attention to the issues and problems that mankind must face urgently. Thanks to the commitment of the United Nations, our hopes have been strengthened by greater certainty by a deeper sense of confidence.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

  9. “The recent accession of the Republic of San Marino to membership of the United Nations makes it possible for me to take part in this general debate, prompted by the desire to contribute to fulfilment of the great tasks of the Organization. San Marino has always paid attention to the difficult work undertaken by the United Nations. We have felt deep satisfaction with its several achievements and have shared the anxiety and disappointment caused by the numerous violations of peace and by the obstacles to progress that this Organization has had to face. What impressed us most was seeing the idea of universality, originally embodied in the Charter, become a reality in which everyone might participate.”

    1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)