UN General Assembly
2014

outbreak of the Great War, a war which shaped the twentieth century. The anniversary was commemorated at different places, but, regrettably, no common ceremony at the highest level was organized in the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness. Serbia strongly supports the General Assembly agenda for the sixty-ninth session and sees itself as an active partner and participant in the implementation of United Nations development goals. The world is faced with new security, climate and socioeconomic challenges. We need to do much work together to ensure humankind’s progress in the twenty-first century. Serbia offers its experiences and ideas for global management, so that we can ensure a better future for new generations all over the world. Allow me to consider three of today’s most pressing global challenges that concern not just Serbia but all of us — climate change, global security and deadly infectious diseases of vast proportions. I believe that, if not addressed wisely and systematically, those challenges could put the survival of future generations in jeopardy. Socioeconomic interrelatedness accounts for the