UN General Assembly
2009

community. We call for the formulation of a new perspective by which the spectre of war and of the use of nuclear weapons may forever be dismissed from the surface of the Earth. Banning nuclear weapons will not by itself remove the root cause of war. Important as it may be, it does not exert an enduring influence. People are too ingenious not to invent still other forms of warfare. Political agreements or good intentions alone are not enough. The world craves something much more deep- seated than pure pragmatism. It yearns for permanent peace that springs from an inner state supported by a moral attitude. There is no lack of recognition by national leaders of the nature of the problem, but there is a paralysis of will. The stark realities of the experience of the people of the Marshall Islands have deepened our profound conviction that, in a world irreversibly moving towards a global society, it becomes imperative that we recast our perspective, a perspective in which national impulses and interests will find their fullest