Presidents & Prime Ministers articles from September 1999

Presidents & Prime Ministers archives from September 1999

India's Commitment to Excellence.
September 1, 1999... I thank all of you for your positive and clear mandate to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and its friendly parties in this election. The NDA represents the aspirations of every region of our great nation and every section of our...

Kazakhstan's Economic and Political Plan.(Interview)
September 1, 1999... What is your country's objective in coming to the UN's General Assembly session? What are some of the goals you hope to accomplish? My mission is to introduce the views of Kazakhstan, and to find some way of solving international problems...

Theadore Roosevelt United States.
September 1, 1999... Excerpt from President Theadore Roosevelt's "Nationalism and International Relations," 1926. A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares for his household, he is not a...

Thailand's Response to International Issues.(Interview)
September 1, 1999... What could have been done differently to resolve the Kosovo Issue peacefully before the NATO bombing started early in 1999? The Kosovo issue should have been resolved within the United Nations framework. Thailand supports all diplomatic...

Philippines on Global Issues.
September 1, 1999... What is the Philippine's agenda at the U.N. 's current General Assembly session? Essentially we plan to resolve any existing issues and discuss international or UN related issues. For us being part of ASEAN, this year's main topic is going...

Richard M. Nixon United States.
September 1, 1999... Richard M. Nixon United States Statement made by President Richard M. Nixon in an interview with the New York Times on March 8, 1971. It is not enough just to be or peace. The point is, what can we do about it?

Kenya's Plan for Growth.(Interview)
September 1, 1999... What are some areas you think the UN needs to focus on during the General Assembly session? This is a special session of the General Assembly to the United Nations in that it is the last of the millennium. An occasion such as this should...

Slovakia'a Path to Progress.
September 1, 1999... What do you plan to present to the United Nations during the General Assembly? We had elections last September, and formed the new government on October 3, 1998. The new government is firmly committed to take Slovakia to the European Union...

Prevention is Better Than Cure.
September 1, 1999... Plans for the 21st Century On this occasion, I shall like to address the prospects for human security and intervention in the next century. In light of the dramatic events of the past year, I trust that you will understand this decision....

Global Opportunity.
September 1, 1999... We are coming to the end of the year 1999; a -date that many see as the end of an epoch, given the proximity of the new millennium. The imminence of its arrival invites us to reflect on the history of men and women. It is with humility that...

Bangladesh's Foreign Policy.
September 1, 1999... Within months of his historic address to this world body in 1974, my father and the Father of the Nation along with my mother, three brothers, the youngest one being ten years of age were brutally assassinated by a group of murderous and...

Cambodia's Plans for Prosperity.
September 1, 1999... Just in the past year, Cambodia has finally turned a corner of history, putting firmly behind the darkness of its recent past history and emerging into a new dawn of its future. Cambodia is now a fully integrated country, without rebels or...

Nepal's Commitment to Democracy.
September 1, 1999... The massive loss of lives and properties and the untold sufferings caused by the recent earthquakes to the peoples of Turkey, Greece and Taiwan have touched the hearts of the Nepalese people. Indeed, our hearts go out to the hundreds of...

Ireland's Perspective on Global Issues.
September 1, 1999... ... The care for better prevention strategies is overwhelming. Even the costliest policy of prevention is far cheaper, in lives and resources, than the least expensive use of armed force. It is simply unacceptable that the United Nations should...

United Nation's Commitment.
September 1, 1999... Among the new problems of unparalleled menace and danger that have emerged towards the close of the present century are heightened terrorist activities in many countries and ever proliferating criminal activities in the areas of narcotics,...

Peaceful, Modern, Developed, & Democratic Myanmar.
September 1, 1999... Security Council Reform ... One outstanding question relating to the reform of the United Nations is the reform of the structure and working methods of the Security Council. We are encouraged to see that the General Assembly has taken a...

Peace and Prosperity in the 21st Century.(Editorial)
September 1, 1999... Given here is an overview of (1) major events in the 20th century which have affected a common person, (2) current social challenges, and (3) what, I believe, can be done to ensure peace and prosperity in the 21st Century. 20th Century ...