Presidents & Prime Ministers articles from January 2001

Presidents & Prime Ministers archives from January 2001

Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor.(peace, policy making, and world politics)
January 1, 2001... What three measures must both the Palestinians and the Israelis undertake to bring about peace in the Middle East? To have the rule of peace in place in the Middle East, both sides should be solving all disputable issues by means of...

Conflict Prevention and Socioeconomic Issues.(interview with Stjepan Mesic, president of Croatia)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... As an independent state, the Republic of Croatia is a relatively young member of the international community. In the past ten years, it has become familiar with international political and security-crisis mechanisms, and, in recent years, it...

Free Market, An Invisible Hand.(analysis of a market economy)
January 1, 2001... Is a Market Economy (Free Enterprise) a priority for your administration? Yes. We have been committed to a free market economy system over a decade now. There are a number of reasons for this. First, as an ASEAN member state, we are...

Reinventing & Returning the Government to the People.(Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)
January 1, 2001... These have been trying times indeed for the Philippines and we cannot forget the concerns that led to the crisis pertained to the wrong kind of governance, and we cannot forget that during this crisis, the very integrity of our basic national...

A Commitment to Build a Nation of Justice and Opportunity.(George W. Bush)
January 1, 2001... I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow. We have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new...

U.S. President's Agenda.(George W. Bush)
January 1, 2001... To say to America that we'll have our disagreements, we'll fight over principle and we'll argue over detail -- but we'll do so in a way that respects one another. I think it's so important for us as leaders, as people who have been given...

Building Democracy, Peace & Prosperity.(Thabo Mbiki, president of South Africa)
January 1, 2001... Gradually, step by step, our country proceeds further away from its painful past. We, its citizens, who are very close to the face of change, may not easily see the steady transformation that informs all aspects of our national life. The past...

Historical Impressions, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson United States.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... President's special message to Congress on the nation's cities, March 2, 1965, from Public Papers of the Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965. The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong....

The Most Successful Year Economically.(Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary)
January 1, 2001... We have just entered the new millennium. A few days ago we were still in the 20th century, a century that brought so much pain and suffering for the Hungarian nation. Today, however, we have crossed the threshold into the 21st century, a...

Historical Impressions, 1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill United Kingdom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... From a speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington D.C. on December 26, 1941. I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father's house to believe democracy. "Trust people" - that was his message.

Meeting the Poverty Challenge.(Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister of India)
January 1, 2001... I congratulate the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) for three praiseworthy features of this summit. First, the Delhi Summit seeks to amplify the voice of developing countries in the worldwide debate on this important subject. Second, the...

U.K.'s Future Agenda.(Tony Blair, prime minister)
January 1, 2001... There are still big challenges ahead before this country has a dynamic economy, first-class public services, safe streets and decent communities. Life is a real struggle for many people, uncertain, insecure and under constant pressure, and that...

Malaysia-Singapore Cooperation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Malaysia has swiftly and successfully overcome the Asian financial crisis. Malaysia's economic indicators for the first three-quarters of 2000 speak for themselves. Malaysia registered an average GDP growth of 9.3% and attracted 19 billion...

Dialoque Among Civilizations.(Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UN)
January 1, 2001... The United Nations itself was created in the belief that dialogue can triumph over discord, that diversity is a universal virtue, and that the peoples of the world are far more united by their common fate than they are divided by their separate...

Historical Impressions, 1963 President John F. Kennedy United States.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... From a radio and television report to the American people on civil rights, June 11, 1963. This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights...

Market Access Opportunities for LDCs.(developing countries)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... I asked that we meet today for three specific reasons. First, to brief you on recent developments on the Integrated Framework (IF), of which you are already aware. Second, to review with you recent improvements in market access opportunities...

Achieving Global Health Equity.
January 1, 2001... Unless we can make globalization work in the interests of all, we will foster the global spread of illness. In the modern world, bacteria and viruses travel almost as fast as money. With globalization, a single microbial sea washes all of...

Historical Impressions, 1820 President James Madison United States.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... From a letter to Jacob De La Motta, August 1820. These words are inscribed in the Madison Memorial Hall of the Library of Congress James Madison, Memorial Building. Equal law protecting Equal rights... the best guarantee of loyalty & love...

Holding Schools Accountable.(Rod Paige, Secretary of Education)
January 1, 2001... While I might never have envisioned being Secretary of Education, it seems in retrospect I have spent much of my life preparing for this job. Working as an educator, a coach, and an administrator, I have experienced our education system from...

Strengthening the WTO.(World Trade Organization)
January 1, 2001... The beginning of a new century makes one think about history. Now more than fifty years old, the multilateral trading system embodied first in the GATT then in the World Trade Organization (WTO), has delivered unprecedented growth and wealth to...

Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev was born on July 6, 1940 in the village of Chemolgan. In 1967, he graduated from a technically-oriented higher educational establishment under the Karagandy intergrated iron-and-steel works. Nazarbayev received...

A Commitment to Streamline the Maze of Rules & Regulations.
January 1, 2001... For those here who may not know much about me, let me give you some insight by saying this. Welfare reform. Health care reform. Long-term care for seniors. Greater opportunities for the disabled. Helping the poor find work and helping the...

Historical Impressions, 1787 President Thomas Jefferson United States.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... From "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," July 6, 1787. With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing but health,...