UN General Assembly
1997

the citizens of the world, so too must the United Nations serve as a catalyst for the eradication of those evils that afflict the world’s peoples. We share the Secretary-General’s particular concern for the natural environment, which is the common denominator of the world. If the Earth dies during the coming centuries, it will take all of us with it, rich and poor, peoples of the North and the South. In his inaugural speech last week the President pointed to the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl as a disaster that continues to haunt not only his own country, but all of us as well. We therefore approve of the Secretary- General’s plan to transform the Trusteeship Council into a body for protecting the integrity of the global environment and of shared areas such as the atmosphere and outer space. We also believe in the mission of peace that the Secretary-General has foreseen for the United Nations. For every conflict there is a “before”, a “middle”, and an “after”. Andorra has learned during its seven centuries of