When we in the West look outward, this remains our view.

We reaffirm that all cultures and civilizations can contribute to the enrichment of humankind.

We also reaffirm our commitment to ensure that children in armed conflicts receive timely and effective humanitarian assistance and to take effective measures for their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

Here, we should also like to reaffirm our support for the establishment of an International Finance Facility.

We also reaffirm that the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations regarding the use of force are sufficient to address the full range of security threats and agree that the use of force should be considered as an instrument of last resort.

We reaffirm our commitment to strengthen the United Nations with a view to enhancing its capacity to address effectively the full range of the challenges of our time.

We therefore reaffirm the central role of the United nations in the maintenance and promotion of international peace, security and sustainable development in accordance with its Charter.

We reaffirm the central position of the General Assembly as the chief deliberative, policymaking, decision making and representative organ of the United Nations.

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We would also fully affirm the legitimate right of Israel to self defence against terrorist attacks.

We reaffirm our commitment to achieve the goal of sustainable development, including through the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.

We reaffirm that Member States have conferred on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, acting on their behalf, as provided by the Charter.

We reaffirm that gender equality and the promotion and protection of the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for women are essential to advance development, security and human rights.

We would also like to emphasize this point because it is clear that the peace settlement in Côte d'Ivoire requires the cooperation and involvement of all the Ivorian leaders.

We also commend the tireless and efficient work of Mr. Jessen Petersen as Head of the Mission, and take this opportunity to assure him of Ukraine's continuing support.

It is also a moment for us to reaffirm our collective responsibility indeed our moral obligation to work together so that such horrendous wars will never be repeated in the future.

To rebuild, we also need the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq to continue.

We therefore reaffirm our unwavering support for the Court.

However, it does not address three concerns that we also consider to be of particular importance.

We are also convinced that good governance and the rule of law are essential for the prevention and control of corruption.

First, we will reaffirm our commitment to Afghanistan s stability and security.

We reaffirm that democracy is a universal value, implying the will of the peoples to express and decide freely their own political system, and does not belong to any country or region.

We are also satisfied with the development of the investigation processes in the cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Darfur.

In the light of the difficult economic, political and social situation in Haiti, we reaffirm the priority which the countries of the Ibero American community attach to Haiti's reconstruction and development, to which we also contribute.

After the liberation in 2001, the international community concentrated on Afghanistan alone as the place to fight extremism and terrorism, while we Afghans argued that our country is not the right place to fight.

At this difficult time, we affirm our solidarity towards our Jordanian friends.

We affirm our determination to pay particular attention to juvenile justice.

We, too, rejoiced, especially when we witnessed some countries' generous contributions to the Fund.

We are making efforts to build State institutions in order to achieve the rule of law and to strengthen the social fabric of our people.

Yet, again, the decoupling is not complete.

We underline the importance of international cooperation for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

In this respect, we particularly underline the importance of

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Today, we are here also to assess the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the ICTY.

We also hope to contribute to the achievement of a consensus among all parties concerned to conclude a comprehensive convention to combat international terrorism.

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We stress the need to maximize domestic resources to fund national development strategies

At the outset, we wish to reaffirm our solidarity and unity with Africa.

We would also like to assure the members of the Security Council, both singly and collectively, that the African Union is unreservedly determined to help resolve the Ivorian crisis within the context of the parameters we have indicated in this Statement.

We are also convinced that the proper management of public affairs and public property and the rule of law are essential to the prevention and control of corruption.

We, the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction have gathered in Zagreb, Croatia, to reaffirm the commitments made one year ago at the historic Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World.

We reaffirm the vital importance of an effective multilateral system, with a strong United Nations at its core, in order to better address the multifaceted and interconnected challenges and threats confronting our world and achieve progress in the areas of development, security and human rights.

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We therefore stress the importance of resolution 58 126, on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.