UN General Assembly
2000

The Millennium Summit once again posed the question of the role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century. I believe that our universal Organization has an essential role to play as a catalyst for the tangible realization of the concept of international community inscribed within its Charter and as a basis for its political vision. In the world of today and tomorrow, where events are the result of action by a variety of decision makers, the promotion of such an endeavour by the United Nations presupposes the involvement of all parties concerned that is, Governments, of course, but also parliaments, the general public, organizations of civil society, the private sector, the media, and so forth. All of them can and should be included in this undertaking, the purpose of which is to reveal the convergence transcending the apparent contradictions. As a free, universal association of States, the United Nations has as its mission, and should make itself able, to gather the world's voices and to give them room for dialogue in pursuit of higher platforms