UN General Assembly
2011

First of all, I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his well-deserved reappointment, and Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. It is with pride, a sense of responsibility and a will for cooperation and proactivity that I address this Hall in the name of the Principality of Andorra and the Government that I have the honour to represent. The United Nations and the system of international law that emanates from it place all States on an equal footing. That is especially important for States like Andorra, small in terms of territorial dimension but large in values and in history. Recent years have been marked by a profound crisis of multiple aspects — economic, social, environmental and political — but most especially a crisis of values. Now that we must all lay the foundation for recovery, we need to be quite clear about the values and principles on which we wish to continue constructing the world. We do not need to go