UN General Assembly
2023

No one should fear the Chinese. Indian. European and American super-Powers. Rather, we should welcome the positive reality of global countries that share with us diasporas, cultures and interests in wellbeing or security that are deeply intertwined with our own. We can gain more from the free movement of people and goods than from building concrete walls. We all benefit from the impressive transformation of India into a global economic success story. India has an admirable track record of decades of practical solidarity with other developing countries, even during the early stages of its own development. Equally we want to see prosperity in Europe. Japan. South Korea and Australia. But their continuing prosperity depends on peace and stability in the global South and on our markets, workforce and providers of the raw wealth that they process and re-export. But that unequal relationship has to change and will change only when we invest more in high-quality education and health care for our children and youth and when we invest more in science and technology.