We do not need to wait until after the election to know this.

This is even more worrying when you realize that scientists should also be monitoring bacteria, prions, and parasites.

Unless we find some real global leadership in the next few years, we will learn that lesson in the hardest ways possible.

This is all the more true because the European Commission is currently proving to be a near total failure.

We see the importance of our work, but we also see its limits.

Indeed, urging us to sit in darkness will probably only make us realize how unlikely it is that we will ever be convinced to give up the advantages of fossil fuels.

If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster just look at what we are doing to our planet s climate.

We are fully aware that preparedness is necessary.

We know the depth of our problems and the limits of our capabilities.

We are therefore aware of the challenges that lie ahead of us.

It is at moments such as these that we realize how thin a veneer our civilization may be.

We know what must be done.

We recognize the risks of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

We are aware of the problems inherent in the creation of a European prospect for Ukraine.

In other words, we are far more ignorant than we realize.

We now know that they are not.

We are convinced that these are ambitious but absolutely legitimate goals.

They are, as we all are aware, the primary victims of this conflict.

We have also had to recognize the hard fact that not every State member of the OPCW is currently in a position to detect, pursue and prosecute a breach of the Convention by its nationals within that member State's jurisdiction.

Now we see that countries far away have had very similar experiences.

It is easy to see why.

We knew our heroes would win.

It is here that the good may have been the enemy of the perfect.

We understand, however, that the world is changing, and changing quickly.

We realize that this is primarily the responsibility of the Ivorian people themselves.

At the same time, we also know what our strengths are.

We are aware of the importance of the upcoming electoral processes for democracy in Nicaragua.

One such programme is the Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Number two thing that Howard did is he made us realize it's another very critical point he made us realize in the importance of what he likes to call horizontal segmentation.

It is easy to take the TRC s work for granted, until one looks at the Middle East and the chaos of Iraq, where revenge, reprisal, and retaliation are fueling a ghastly, inexorable cycle of violence. Likewise, South Africa was spared the horrors of genocide, as in Rwanda, and the endless conflict that has gripped Sri Lanka, Burundi, Sudan, the Ivory Coast, and many other countries.

We must recognize, yet again, that we are all in this together.

But there is a critical difference between balancing and subservience.

It is easy to see how terrorism can lead to torture.

It is not hard to see why.

Nor is there such a thing as a free war.

We all recognize that there can be no security without development.

We understand that both sides have domestic concerns and demands to address.

But we are also very aware of the long term needs in those countries.

And I think what it is is I don't think we have fully come to terms with the meaning of this disaster, with what it meant to witness a hole ripped in our world, with what it meant to watch the contents of the Earth gush forth on live TV, 24 hours a day, for months.

If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster just look at what we are doing to our planet s climate. When it comes to raising our children, we need fewer tigers and more elephants.

Harvest witness, smoke.

Tell me the truth.

Tell the truth.

I am telling you the truth.