You can change friends but not neighbours.

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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

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The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.

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Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

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There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

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In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

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The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

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Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

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No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.

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The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.

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