The cosmopolitans have shared experiences they are directly communicating with each other across the globe.

Many societies provide examples of microcosms of civilizations that span the globe.

There is no logic in restricting discussion on the needs and concerns of half the world's population on any matter to one UN forum to do so excludes half the world's population at each meeting and in every programme.

Nowadays, it's not strange to bump into a Syrian in every corner of the globe.

Last week, a grainy video from 2005 made headlines, shaking up viewers around the globe.

And unsurprisingly, people all around the world say that what they want is happiness, for themselves, for their families, their children, their communities.

As globalization shrinks distances around the globe and these issues become increasingly interconnected, the comparative advantages of the United Nations become ever more evident.

In 2002, a special resolution on a world youth bank was adopted by most representatives of national youth councils across the globe.

I also wish at the outset to pay tribute to the men and women who are serving the noble cause of the Organization in all corners of the world.

The Williams Treaties concerned however lands in close proximity of urbanization and protection of these rights for subsistence were not an issue.

The United Nations worked tirelessly around the globe throughout the year to prevent and resolve conflicts and to consolidate peace.

Somewhere near the North Pole, a handful of fair haired seniors have devoted themselves to a single task to keep a close watch on the fists and firearms of the planet.

We are not far from the date when we will be celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the unique world Organization, which has become a common home for people all over the planet.

59. Encourages the Department of Public Information to continue building partnerships with local, national and regional broadcasters to extend the United Nations message to all the corners of the world

It has become clear that corruption is one of the main obstacles to peace, stability, sustainable development, democracy, and human rights around the globe.

The overarching goal is to ensure that the Department has the operational ability to make it possible to carry out the United Nations mandate in the most demanding locations on the globe.

One example of such cooperation, the International Satellite System for Search and Rescue, known as COSPAS SARSAT, used space technology to assist aviators and mariners in distress around the globe.

The increased frequency and severity of natural disasters affecting nearly all parts of the globe during the past year, in particular, has demonstrated our continued vulnerability to the vicissitudes of nature.

Some have argued that there is a need to set up an international authority with effective powers in relation to the use of outer space in order to ensure that it is compatible with the development and security interests of all nations of the earth.

Through these world conferences it has been possible to reach women in all walks of life in every corner of the globe and to awaken in them an awareness of the rightness of empowerment and equality and their entitlements.

In our era, a new approach to unify the laws of physics is being pursued by physicists such as myself, many others around the world, it's called superstring theory, as you were indicating.

This three way interrelationship was most apparent in situations of exodus and displacement of large numbers of people around the world.

For the sake of our Organization's credibility, for its long term sustainability, and for the millions of people around the globe that pin their hopes on the United Nations, the Organization must be reformed.

And it's by looking at the pattern of genetic variation, the pattern of these markers in people all over the world, and assessing the relative ages when they occurred throughout our history, that we've been able to construct a family tree for everybody alive today.

Action at the global level, including that of the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council the borderless committees is extremely valuable in laying down the broad outlines of a universal shield against terrorism.

The Canadian International Development Agency supports an array of initiatives to ensure equitable, inclusive and sustainable development, as well as pragmatic improvements in the lives of people around the world, including youth.

Let us not lose sight of those straightforward yet profound values as we work together to strengthen humanitarian assistance to help the millions of people in need around the globe.

Different peoples, religions, cultures and civilizations are today engaged in an unprecedented level of interaction and in an interchange of values, with ideas and events that originate in one corner of the world and yet instantly affect its other parts.

The first example is the largest annual community event where Googlers from around the world donate their labor to their local communities was initiated and organized by three employees before it became official, because it just became too big.

It is also estimated that in order to provide basic social services for the whole planet, a mere 40 billion over 10 years would be required in other words, less than half of what is spent annually on military expenditure.

Malaysia welcomes the role of the United Nations, especially the initiative of the Assembly to relentlessly increase the awareness around the globe on the need to address the issue of road traffic fatalities as a global public health and a development problem.

The Chairman said that the Conference, which had been organized by Peace Malaysia, had brought together civil society groups from all over the world, in an effort to intensify the international campaign for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and for an independent Palestinian State.

In all these areas of human activity, it has become abundantly clear that the actions of small entities, or even of single individuals, can have an impact on people living on the other side of the globe.

And then from about 500 years ago, humans began to link up globally through shipping, through trains, through telegraph, through the Internet, until now we seem to form a single global brain of almost seven billion individuals.

Some Africans have gone to the ends of the earth to try and secure places at the July 27 August 12 Games with the South African men s and women s hockey teams and the Angolan basketball side displaying indomitable spirit.

In the twenty first century, the new information age creates opportunities not just to be cosmopolitan in spirit and orientation, but to forge strong connections with other cosmopolitans. The cosmopolitans have shared experiences they are directly communicating with each other across the globe.

The debate is no longer on the grave and devastating effect of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights rather, the emerging consensus all over the globe is how to destroy the cancer that corruption has become and bring to account the perpetrators, no matter how highly placed.

While we have seen some progress in that area, including the first ever meeting among the Chairmen of those bodies, there needs to be more sharing of information and consultation to ensure the most effective Council contribution to the global fight against terrorism.

We meet in the shadows of London, Madrid, Bali, Bombay, Mombasa, Taba, Tel Aviv, Beslan, Baghdad, Riyadh and Istanbul not an exhaustive list since 11 September 2001, but one long enough to show the persistence of terrorism and the worldwide reach of terrorists.

Again, catastrophic terrorism on one side of the globe, for example an attack against a major financial centre in a rich country, could affect the development prospects of millions on the other by causing a major economic downturn and plunging millions into poverty.