UN General Assembly
2011

that won liberation in the last; a challenge to the Israelis and Palestinians, to take the bold steps to come to the table and make lasting peace; a challenge to Iran and to Syria, to give their peoples the freedoms they deserve; and a challenge to the United Nations. One can sign every human rights declaration in the world, but if one stands by and watches people being slaughtered in their own country when one could 25 11-50865 act, then what are those signatures really worth? The United Nations has to show that we can be not just united in condemnation, but united in action, acting in a way that lives up to the United Nations founding principles and meets the needs of peoples everywhere. The peoples of the Arab world have made their aspirations clear. They want transparency and accountability of Government, an end to corruption, the fair and consistent rule of law, the chance to get a job and to have a stake in how their country is run, the freedom to communicate and the chance to participate