UN General Assembly
2002

one new, one in the North and one in the South: they reflect the multitude and the diversity of the United Nations. At the special session of the General Assembly on children, young people from all over the world illustrated their dream of a world of peace and unity using all the colours of the flags of the Members of the United Nations. But we should not content ourselves with a dream. From the war against international terrorism, through the quest for justice, to the relentless fight against poverty, we need a strong and efficient United Nations. The Declaration on the Rights of the Child says that “mankind owes to the child the best it has to give” (resolution 1386 (XIV), preamble). What better gift can we give children than unity among our nations? Let us seize the moment and take another step towards a true United Nations, united in word and in deed.