UN General Assembly
2003

﻿Allow me, Sir, to express my confidence that, under your able leadership, the general debate of the General Assembly at its fifty- eighth session will be successful and fruitful. At the turn of the millennium, the international community is living through changes of epic proportions. The process of transition to a new world order is facing unprecedented global threats: inter- ethnic and inter-confessional conflicts; international terrorism and organized crime; natural, man-made and humanitarian disasters; diseases and epidemics; and energy and environmental problems. These threats are in addition to globalization processes. All States now share in not only economic, technological, information and management issues, but also must face the numerous problems looming over humankind like a dark cloud. We in Kazakhstan believe that the time has come for the entire international community to join together to ensure broad and effective cooperation to address global threats. Today, it is becoming increasingly evident that States' involvement in globalization processes is an important factor in their economic prosperity. It is our conviction that there is no alternative to