If The World Does Not Change Course,

I Think It Is Fair To Say That It Is Under A Great Deal Of Stress, And If I Am Asking For Significant Changes, It Is Because The World Is Going Through Significant Changes.

If We Are Addressing The Issue Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction, We Need To Send A Uniform, Consistent Message That There Is Zero Tolerance To Any Country Who Is Developing Weapons Of Mass Destruction, North Korea Included.

Nuclear Proliferation Is On The Rise. Equipment, Material And Training Were Once Largely Inaccessible. Today, However, There Is A Sophisticated Worldwide Network That Can Deliver Systems For Producing Material Usable In Weapons.

I Think The Ultimate Sense Of Security Will Be When We Come To Recognize That We Are All Part Of One Human Race. Our Primary Allegiance Is To The Human Race And Not To One Particular Color Or Border. I Think The Sooner We Renounce The Sanctity Of These Many Identities And Try To Identify Ourselves With The Human Race The Sooner We Will Get A Better World And A Safer World.

I Am An Egyptian Muslim, Educated In Cairo And New York, And Now Living In Vienna. My Wife And I Have Spent Half Our Lives In The North, Half In The South. And We Have Experienced First Hand The Unique Nature Of The Human Family And The Common Values We All Share.