UN General Assembly
2011

also seems to be the case in the light of the political changes affecting North Africa. In a country of the South where the human development index is still of concern, a major disaster unfortunately arises, the great question of responsibility comes brutally to the fore again, whether the responsibility be local in terms of governance, or whether the responsibility lies with the global order. Today’s world and the United Nations in particular will be more and more called upon, because those post- disaster situations include both situations resulting from natural disasters and those of a passing nature or those that are simply caused by human folly. When on top of that, in some of those cases, all of these factors come together, the response must be 21 11-51191 more carefully designed, more responsible, more coordinated, bolder and more determined. I strongly believe that, first of all, it is for the affected countries to seek and find solutions, because any solution that is imposed from the outside, however generous it might be, will, in the medium term, only