UN General Assembly
2024

Given he will turn 100 in the next few days, we recall with admiration such leadership, exhibited by then President Jimmy Carter in 1978, in concert with Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. They talked for 11 straight days at Camp David, from which emerged the Middle East Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel. That peace has endured, and New Zealand is proud as a foundational member of the Multinational Force and Observers to have supported that peace since 1982. The Accords reveal what is possible when leaders exhibit sincerity and moral determination, imbued by the spirit of San Francisco. We need more of this type of leadership and responsibility.