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SELECTED STATEMENTS
BY SUBJECTS

Here you will find selected statements across different subjects, such as the United Nations, the League of Nations, Disarmament, International Law, Good Governance, Human Rights and more...

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Selected Speeches by Subject

 

1. United Nations, League of Nations
 

  • Leadership through Action: The UN in a Changing World, 13/12/92        

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  • The UN and NGOs, 10/3/93

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  • To the Staff of UNOG, 18/0/93

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  • UN & Preventive Diplomacy in Action, 1-2/4/93

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  • Aspirations & Realities of the United Nations:
    The European Perspective, 13/10/93​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 
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  • New Tasks for the United Nations: Its Global and
        Regional Dimensions, 15-17/4/94
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  • Speaking at the Model UN, 18/1/95
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  • Building the Future through the Solution of the Most Pressing
        Problems of Today, 20/6/95
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  • Interview for Diplomatic Letters, 14/7/95 
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  • On the Occasion of the International Day of Peace, 19/9/95 
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  • Tree Planting Ceremony in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
        of the UN, 15/10/95 

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  • The Challenges of Collective Security: Reasons for Hope, Reasons
        for Concern, 7/12/95 

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  • Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Embodiment of UN Ideals, 11/12/95 
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  • The United Nations at the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century, 26/1/96 
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  • The United Nations: An Indispensable Global Instrument to Promote Peace,     
    Development and Democracy, 6/6/96 
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  • The United Nations and the Business Community: Vital Partners, 13/6/96 
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  • The United Nations and Preventive Diplomacy: New Dimensions, 24/8/96 
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  • The United Nations Entering Into the Twenty-First Century, 9/1/97 
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  • Peace Operations as an Integrated Part of the UN Strategy for a More
        Secure Twenty-First Century, 11/12/97 
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  • Security Challenges at the Turn of the Millennium, 14/1/99 
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  • Message to the Business Humanitarian Forum, 27/1/99 
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  • Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Decision to Declare Geneva
        the Seat of the League of Nations (29 April, 1919), 23/4/99 

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2. Disarmament

 

  • Disarmament and National Security in the Interdependent World, 12-17/4/1993
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  • Disarmament: New Directions, 09/93 
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  • The Disarmament Agenda for the Next Decade, 23/2/94 
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  • The Conference on Disarmament Shapes the Agenda for Multilateral
        Disarmament Negotiations, 26/4/94 
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  • The Humanitarian Dimension of Conflict Management: Minimizing the Damaging
    Effects of Weapons, 19/12/94 
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  • Message of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on
        Disarmament, 1/1/95  
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  • Comprehensive Arms Regulations within the Context of Disarmament and Conflict
    Resolution, 12-14/5/95 
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  • Nuclear Disarmament: Significant Gains and Continued Vigilance, 5/8/95 
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  • Arms Regulation and Disarmament in All Aspects: The New Realities of the
        Post-Cold War Era, 27/11/95 
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  • The Role of the United Nations in Promoting a CTBT, 8/3/96 
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  • Restoring Governmental Administrative Machinery in Situations of
        Conflict, 13/3/96 
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  • Message of the UN Secretary-General at the Signing Ceremony of the Africa
    Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone, 11/4/96 
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  • Statement to the 1996 Review Conference of the 1980 UN Convention on Certain 
    Conventional Weapons, 3/5/96 
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  • New Post-Disarmament Agreements Reality, 1/2/97 
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  • Multilateral Fora as an Institutional Link Between Nuclear and Non-Nuclear
    Disarmament, 27/9/97 
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  • Multilateral Disarmament, 13/5/98 
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  • NPT regime as Stronghold and Guidepost for Multilateral System of Arms
        Regulation 
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3. International Law
 

  • Preventive & Peace-Making Diplomacy & the Role of International Law
        in Conflict Resolution, 22-25/3/94 
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  • International Law and the New United Nations, 12/7/94 
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  • The Increasing Relevance of International Humanitarian Law in the Work
    of the United Nations, 6/9/95 
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  • Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law is at the Core of the
    UN Effort to Promote Peace and Security", 2-4/9/99 
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  • Humanitarian Law, 2/9/99 
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4. Good Governance
 

  • Negotiations in International Diplomacy - International Economic
    Negotiations, Université de Geneve, 25/11/93 
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  • Diplomacy as an Instrument of Good Governance, 13/2/98 
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  • Good Global Governance and the UN (A book contribution)
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5. Human Rights

 

  • 49th Session of Human Rights Commission, 12/3/93 
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  • International Women's Day, 8/3/94 
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  • Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 28/7/97 
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  • At the Commemoration of International Women's Day, 8/3/99 
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6. Development

 

  • 1998 Human Development Report, 4/9/98 
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  • 6 Billion - A Time for Choices, 12/1/99 
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  • Globalization and Sustainable Development: Is Ethic the Missing
    Link?, 23/2/02 
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7. Europe

 

  • The United Nations and European Security, 8/8/94 
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  • Address at the Opening of the Exhibition of Russian Folk Art, 7/2/95 
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  • New European Architecture: Change of Wording or of the Concept?, 17/12/96 
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  • From Versailles to Locarno - from an Imposed to a Negotiated Peace (1919-1925),
    20/11/2000 
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8. Cooperation with Regional Organizations

 

  • International Encounter for European Journalists on Palestine, 9-11/6/93 
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  • Middle East Conflict - Press Conference, 5/5/94 
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  • Statement at the Closing Ceremony of the Mediterranean Cities
    Conference, 9/3/95 
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  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2/1/96 
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  • Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 19/11/98 
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  • Statement at the 104th Committee of Ministers or the
    Council of Europe, 6-7/5/99 
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  • Meeting of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the OSCE, 25/2/2000 
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  • Amman, Jordan, IPU Council, 6/5/2000 
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9. Geneva

  • Geneva – Capital of Internationalism, 8/3/93 
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10. Switzerland

 

  • The Sculpture of Vladimir Nabokov, Montreux, 23/4/99 
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  • "Bern pays, but does not decide", 9/9/99 
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  • Director-General Petrovsky pays Tribute to Switzerland's
    William Rappard, 29/6/2000
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