Europe s Digital Wrong Turn

The next war, terrorist attack, or failed peace initiative may lurk just around the corner.

The continued support of the international community for our development efforts is crucial at the present juncture.

The question is whether it proves to be a turn for the better or for the worse.

Though some may speak of turning the corner to recovery, we see a new crisis emerging.

Looking back it is easy to see where Israeli policy went wrong.

At this critical juncture of the settlement in Kosovo, the task of elaborating a coordinated international strategy is of fundamental importance.

It is the Chair's proposal and, at this point, it appears that the United States made a suggestion to add non proliferation in all its aspects.

The establishment of the United Nations at that juncture, which was critical to the new world order, was a vitally important and historic decision.

At this critical juncture we must join forces and do our utmost to make that vision come true.

Before I talk about that, I've written down at the bottom there the slope of this curve, this straight line.

At this critical juncture, Turkey believes that a meaningful and operational dialogue within the international community is, indeed, imperative.

It is at the juncture where all of those interests meet that the United Nations and its agencies must further enhance their role and coordinate their efforts.

There is a very real danger that Europe will simply miss out on an historic strategic turn towards a multipolar world and at a high price.

Little wonder, then, that on the precipice of this historic moment, there are many snakes in the grass.

At this midpoint of the Decade, we wish to express our gratitude to all actors that have contributed to the promotion of such a culture.

Mr. Gonsalves (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) The world is paying special attention to the United Nations at this critical juncture in its 60 year history.

I would like at this point to praise the Secretariat, under the inspirational leadership of the Secretary General and a number of other top officials, for its committed and professional work in many areas.

Were the Governing Council to miss the coming turn in the European economy while blithely raising interest rates, they would be portrayed as drunken sailors on a rate raising binge.

As chaos and confusion set in, we should not lose sight of President Pervez Musharraf s partial responsibility for this turn of events.

People like me, who study the tactics of Arab dictatorships and the causes of their persistence, are less surprised, if at all, by this turn of events.

He did worse he simply took a wrong turn and he took it before 9 11, a traumatic event that reinforced, but did not create, America s Manichean view of itself and its role in the world.

Why this, not that? The answer seems to consist in those countless individual choices at key moments, the accidents of human messiness, such as Schabowski s botch, so small and so understandable, yet so earthshaking.

Looking back it is easy to see where Israeli policy went wrong. When Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, Israel should have gone out of its way to strengthen him and his reformist team.

Mr. Muñoz (Chile) (spoke in Spanish) On several occasions Chile has stated that at this historic juncture it is in favour of a comprehensive reform of the United Nations that would reaffirm the principles and values of the Charter and thereby enhance the credibility and legitimacy of the Organization, thus bringing it into step with today's world.

The next war, terrorist attack, or failed peace initiative may lurk just around the corner. Compared to the politics of this region, a rollercoaster ride is downright calming.

Though some may speak of turning the corner to recovery, we see a new crisis emerging. According to our recent report, Voices of the Vulnerable, the near poor are becoming the new poor.

The 21 year old died when he lost control of the luge during training near the final turn of the track at over 140km h (about 90mp h), thrown over the protective wall and hit a steel support pole.