Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah cry aloud at Beth aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Did you know that in the 21st century, there are still people being beaten, stigmatized, arrested and in some cases even killed... just because they are LGBT?

Armenia considered that in the twenty first century, the political will of the people should prevail in resolving conflicts.

While these recovery measures are put in place, the world must also build the institutions for the twenty first century economy.

That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century. That is the responsibility we have to one another as human beings.

My Government is a strong supporter of a comprehensive, holistic reform of the United Nations that would enable it to respond more effectively to the new challenges of the twenty first century.

Welcome to the twenty first century. Europeans have to adjust to it, rise to its challenges, and confront competition from the emerging powers.

The kingdom grew out of a small 9th century settlement at Pagan (Bagan) by the Mranma (Burmans), who had recently entered the Irrawaddy valley from the Kingdom of Nanzhao.

Humanity is currently engaged in a far reaching and urgent competition that pits the need to embed a twenty first century green economy against the rapid implosion of our climate and natural life support systems.

Capital markets shortsightedness on plain display in recent years does little to raise hopes. Although investment in clean technology is on the rise, it is far from reaching the more than 1 trillion annually needed to deliver green energy and infrastructure fit for the twenty first century.

This leaves governments highly exposed to subtle shifts in confidence. It also ties their hands, especially as they seek to build the physical and institutional infrastructure of the twenty first century while respecting social promises.

The following month, the other shoe dropped. Xi, addressing Indonesia s Parliament, called for the re establishment of the old sea networks to create a twenty first century maritime Silk Road to foster international connectivity, scientific and environmental research, and fishery activities.

Viewed in this way, an essential policy that developed and developing countries should pursue in overcoming the crisis is to build infrastructure suitable for the twenty first century.