UN General Assembly
2010

ranging from economic crises to natural disasters and bloody wars that threaten international peace and stability, as well as other international issues that require timely resolutions and serious work from the 10-55103 18 General Assembly to design strategies to avoid them in the future. In our world today, known for its technological advancement and modern science, we are confronted by many challenges resulting from climate change, global warming and their effects, such as devastating floods, drought, forest fires, landslides, desertification, earthquakes, snow storms and so on. Such environmental problems have occurred recently in many countries, including the violent floods in Pakistan and China and the destructive forest fires in Russia, alongside other problems worldwide. We feel great compassion for the countries affected by these natural disasters, and we must cooperate with and provide them the assistance they need while we express our grief and condolences for their suffering. A few centuries ago, the peoples of the world suffered from the horror of colonial slavery, injustice and oppressive cultures in which the strong preyed on