UN General Assembly
2012

World Outgames, a gathering of tolerance and diversity, while the city of Liège is a candidate to host the World’s Fair in 2017. All those international events have a single goal: to bring us closer together and to mobilize around universal values. For my country, respect for life and human rights is fundamental. Whether we speak of the rights of the child, of women or of refugees, or of the struggle against all forms of discrimination, a single principle guides my country: the effective equality of all human beings, regardless of status or beliefs. In that light, Belgium will join Slovenia in sponsoring a draft resolution against racial discrimination. I hope members will support it. All heads of State and ministers share an immense collective responsibility to ensure that women become equal to men worldwide at the political, social and economic levels; to ensure that little girls are no longer subjected to circumcision; and that acts of violence against women are systematically fought and eliminated. In my country, women head three ministries: the