UN General Assembly
2023

First, in Libya, thousands of people lost their lives in the catastrophic flooding there. To assuage their consciences, every nation rushed to offer its condolences and solidarity. That was. of course, to give the impression that we are living in society and that there are values that we defend. Intellectual honesty requires and the history of our consciences tells us that we should sincerely apologize to the Libyan people for having — collectively and individually, whether through reprehensible passivity or active complicity — sided with the butchers who caused the first man-made disaster in Libya.