UN General Assembly
2014

non-governmental organizations to provide training to lawmakers, police, prosecutors, judges and prison officials to deal with terrorism and transnational crime, with a general emphasis on the rule of law. We hope that such work will eventually serve as a best practice for the benefit of the wider global community. We are also fully engaged within the Commonwealth, which brings together a third of the world population, in order to help achieve convergence on some of the challenges that lie ahead, including the sustainable development goals and climate change. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that will take place in Malta next year will serve as an ideal platform for the discussion of such issues, especially ahead of the Paris summit on climate change. Those are some of the ways in which a small country in Europe at the centre of the Mediterranean, such as Malta, will continue to contribute to the fostering of peace and security in our region and in the world. Fifty years may seem like a long time, but I can