UN General Assembly
2012

foundation of human rights and of this Organization. At the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, I propose to all the nations represented here that they let the ideals of the Olympic flame shine upon them. Strengthening the United Nations is necessary at this stage when multipolarity opens a historic new perspective. We must work towards that end. We must work to ensure that in the multipolarity that is coming to prevail, cooperation predominates over conflict, dialogue overcomes threats and negotiated solutions are reached before and forestall interventions involving the use of force. I reiterate that in this necessarily collective effort, which presupposes the quest for consensus, the United Nations has a key role to play, particularly as the Organization and its various bodies become more representative and more legitimate and therefore more effective.