UN General Assembly
2014

promote sustainable development and ensure genuine respect for all human rights. At a time when we must control the reflexive use of coercive measures as a first course of action, when anxiety and despair are unsettling many, it is essential to re-establish hope. When faced with fear, we must have confidence. When faced with conflict, we must turn to peace. When faced with rejection and prejudice on the part of others, we must offer a caring and fraternal embrace. When faced with death, we must think of life. With faith in dialogue and consultation, I have come to the General Assembly to ask that we declare peace — that we conscientiously and decisively work together towards a culture and education for peace; towards strengthening of the social State based on the rule of law, as well as its institutions and our economies; towards conflict prevention and resolution of international controversies by peaceful means; towards a renewed role for the Security Council; towards an end to and a reversal of climate change; and towards sustainable development from which not one