It is in all of our best interests.

This is our shared responsibility and our common interest.

Sometimes the tailored nature of viruses works in our favor.

It is in the enlightened self interest of us all not to give in to the temptations of protectionism.

It is in our collective interest, therefore, that an early and durable solution be found.

It would be in our collective interest to devote our resources and capacities, intellectual and material, in favour of that campaign.

In that regard, we consider it to be in our common interest that Security Council reform not be prolonged.

We may even find that that is the best resolution to make, for our own benefit and that of others.

I would like to stress once again that it is, above all, in our national interest to honour our international obligations.

I assure the Assembly that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is firmly committed to the peace process because it is in our interests and in the interests of the entire Great Lakes region.

The report by the Commission for Africa entitled Our common interest 3 recommended a coherent package to make serious inroads into alleviating poverty and Africa's continued marginalization.

Moreover, parts of Africa possess massive latent potential for agricultural development, which it is in our collective interest to encourage.

We in the EU believe that it is our common interest with the US to prevent radicalization and recruitment to terrorism throughout the world.

At the same time, it is in our interest to obtain from them as much important information about terrorist structures and activities as we can.

In this respect, no position should be embraced as if it were a dogma, for the status quo is not in our collective interest.

For the sake of all of us, Europe must continue to speak out even more forcibly than it has in the past.

It is in our collective interests to do so, and the cost should not be an immediate concern. Justice should be the overriding concern.

I urge every world leader, as well as my fellow business leaders, to embrace this opportunity to act in our own enlightened self interest and to work together in the spirit of real partnership.

In short, mainstream economics and the concept of homo economicus recognizes only half of what makes us human. We are undoubtedly motivated by self interest.

In our common interest of international peace and security, the United Nations and its Member countries have a pivotal role to play in assisting with the construction of secure, stable and economically viable States.

Admittedly, our peoples suffered enormously in those wars, and it is essentially in our national interest to bring those responsible to justice by establishing individual responsibility and thus contribute to reconciliation among peoples that used to live together, side by side, despite their differences, and setting an example for others.

It is in the interests of us all to assist in the restoration of Afghanistan not only for the well being of the Afghan people, but also because of the contribution that a stable and developing Afghanistan will be able to make to international peace and security.

Today, only Europe can speak with credibility on the subject of universal human rights. For the sake of all of us, Europe must continue to speak out even more forcibly than it has in the past.

Friendship, altruism, compassion, service all the perennial truths that we talked about that are part of all religion and all cultures once you stop trying to see the differences, these are the things in our own self interest, because they free us from our suffering and from disease.

They should be anxious to allow terrorist groups as little room for development as possible. At the same time, it is in our interest to obtain from them as much important information about terrorist structures and activities as we can.