UN General Assembly
2001

that brings honour to those who work in the service of the United Nations and to its clear-sighted Secretary- General. This distinction also comes at a moment when the full relevance of the United Nations has become dramatically urgent as a result of the criminal attacks against the United States of 11 September. In the face of those events, I wish to reiterate our solidarity and commitment with its Government and people. It was an attack against us all, against all humankind. Those events have shown that terrorism can strike at any State and that no country can fight it in isolation. It is an international threat, and the only existing institution with the global reach, the United Nations, 21 must confront that threat within the political and legal framework established by the Organization. The Millennium Declaration had already set as one of its objectives the adoption of concerted measures against international terrorism and the need for all States to accede as soon as possible to all the relevant international conventions. The adoption of