UN General Assembly
2012

and financing on the basis of per capita income alone. As we look forward to the next 50 years of membership of the United Nations, Trinidad and Tobago has a renewed optimism. In spite of the hurdles of the past, we are witnessing a new vitality in the United Nations today, and we reiterate our advocacy for a new dialogue and a new diplomacy. The international community is once again embracing multilateralism with higher expectations. The ongoing development of new rules and new norms in human rights; trade and development; protection of the environment; and peace and security gives hope that the human tragedies which bedevilled the twentieth century can be avoided. A new leadership with a global mindset must engage the various communities of interests to find more durable solutions in a volatile global environment. This new international leadership must find the right mix of power, politics and economics to achieve the necessary performance level for sustainable regional and global economic growth, and ultimately development, that will benefit the citizens of all nations. Trinidad and Tobago will engage regional,