The Future Belongs To You, But It

When You Have Difficult Issues On The Table For Discussion, Then Sometimes For Africa You May Have Burundi Or Gambia Representing Them On The Security Council; And Then For Latin America You May Have A Country Like Costa Rica, Which Is A Wonderful Country But They Don't Have The Same Weight As Others From The Other Regions. And Sometimes They Get Bullied. Sometimes Their Capitals Come Under Lots Of Pressure To Take A Position.

Neutrality Is A Tough Call For The Weaker Ones.

National Markets Are Held Together By Shared Values And Confidence In Certain Minimum Standards. But In The New Global Market, People Do Not Yet Have That Confidence.

The World Is Not Ours To Keep. We Hold It In Trust For Future Generations.

Perhaps The Single Most Successful International Agreement To Date Has Been The Montreal Protocol.