Presidents & Prime Ministers articles from September 2000

Presidents & Prime Ministers archives from September 2000

Leaders Must be Role Models for Citizens.(government efforts in Slovakia)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 1, 2000... What are your government's efforts in bringing about a knowledge-based economy and bringing information technology to the people of your country? The development trend of information society in Slovakia is the same as in its neighbouring...

Emphasis on Democracy and Market Economy.(Mongolia)(Interview)
September 1, 2000... What has your country done to develop knowledge-based economy and to introduce information technology? Indeed, one can hardly imagine development today without introducing knowledge-based production information technology in all areas of...

Knowledge-Based Economy is Our Top Priority.(Thailand)
September 1, 2000... What are your government's efforts in bringing about a knowledge-based economy and information technology to the people of your country? The economic crisis has exposed us to the appalling reality that we have lagged behind in terms of...

Nation Shall Not Lift Sword Against Nation!(peace in Jerusalem, Israel)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... Three millennia ago in Jerusalem, the prophets Isaiah and Micah kindled the torch of harmony and justice among the nations: "... and they shall beat their swords into plough shares, and their spears into pruning hooks, Nation shall not lift...

A New Beginning for the Middle East.(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... We meet today in the vast space of the United Nations, to work for the enhancement of its importance. The UN has been a contemporary of the question of Palestine since its inception, and still remains responsible for shaping and achieving a...

Call for a Commitment to Africa.(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... Peacekeeping Operations Today, the United Nations struggles to cope with the new types of peacekeeping operation which current conditions demand. Whether in Africa, East Timor or the Balkans, it is no longer good enough to organize blue...

A Deeply Committed UN Member.(Ireland, United Nations)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... Throughout the forty-five years of our UN membership, Ireland has been an unwavering supporter of this organization. We have consistently valued its achievements, even if we have sometimes been frustrated by its shortcomings or grieved by its...

Equal Worth and Social Fairness for All.(Denmark)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... The United Nations is the sum of our efforts, our commitments, and our contributions. The United Nations is what member countries make it. Our guiding light should be equal worth and social fairness for all. The Secretary-General has...

Greater Justice Among All.(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... This summit is meeting under the star of globalization. This is a reality, not an option. The choice is in allowing it to develop in an unregulated manner, leading to social exclusion and a deterioration of injustices at the global level, or on...

Positive and Negative Lessons.(Bosnia-Herzegovina)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2000... Compared to our long and rich history, the dawn of the new millennium closes an extremely difficult and painful decade for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first half of the decade was marked by battle for independence, and the other half by the...

A New UN: A Central Guarantee of Peace & Security.(United Nations)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... Here today, I want to share with you some reflections, and some of the burden of my heart. As you know, I participated in bringing the Cold War, the longest war in history, to an end. Everyone here remembers a world that was split in two. A...

Malawi's Recommendations.(Malawi, Africa)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... It is a matter of great concern that poverty continues to be a major challenge for humanity. It is a shameful scandal for mankind that so many must live in poverty while others live in extreme wealth. In Malawi, poverty reduction is the...

Efforts to Improve Quality of Life.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... The advent of the new millennium occurs at a crucial time. Globalization and rapid advances in information technology offer humankind vast, unprecedented, opportunities to improve the quality of life. Yet, this opportunity may also be fraught...

A Global Landscape of Digital Opportunities.(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... The achievements and multitude of activities undertaken by the organization are to be found in the numerous decisions, programs and measures that are being continually formulated and implemented by its various related institutions. Its...

Curing Poverty with Collective Effort.(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... In spite of the human endeavor for peace, prosperity and cooperation among nations in the century gone by, the world is not free of conflict, often with terrible consequences. Much of this conflict is attributable to hostile aggression, lust...

Reducing the Gap Between the Rich & the Poor.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... First, our biggest concerns at this time are to rapidly reduce poverty, the gaps between the rich and poor, and the huge economic divide which has resulted from the negative impacts of globalization, which is underway and continues to spread...

Nepal's Commitment to Peace, Prosperity & Justice.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... Since its inception, the United Nations has been working to uphold peace, to promote the rule of law and to foster development. Yet freedom from want and freedom from fear are as distant as ever for many countries we represent. The challenge...

Perspective of a Small-Island Nation.(Federated States of Micronesia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... My small-island nation, situated in the Western Pacific region, has a particular interest in the advent of the New Millennium. While our people, and our traditions and cultures existed on more than 600 of our islands throughout the last...

IT: Bringing Goodwill & Understanding to All.(information technology)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... The world we live in today is a different world from that of the founders of the United Nations Organization. In the intervening half century, the world has witnessed momentous changes some for the better, some for the worse. We have made huge...

A Call for the Modernization of the UN.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... Malaysia is confident that under your able and wise stewardship this Summit will have a successful outcome. We are gathered here to reaffirm our faith in the United Nations, which has served the international community for over half a...