We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far.
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.
If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.
We consider that the United Nations' ideal is a Jewish ideal.
The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do.
The United Nations has no business in our elections.
The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.
In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
In order for the U. N. to be effective, there must be consequences if people thumb their nose at the United Nations Security Council. And we will work with people on the Security Council to achieve that objective.
The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good
I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all.
The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U. N. itself is a scandal.
Particularly here in the United States there is a lack of comprehension about anything to do with the United Nations.
I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.
The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.
The United Nations is our conscience. If it succeeds it is our success. If it fails it is our failure.
