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UNFORTUNATELY, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS CONTINUED TO TAKE INNOCENT LIVES AND TO BRING BLOODSHED TO OUR COUNTRIES. WE ARE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS AND TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT THIS SCOURGE OF OUR AGE, FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS CAN NEVER BE JUSTIFIED AND DO NOT SERVE WHATEVER POLITICAL CAUSE THE PERPETRATORS CLAIM TO BE ASSISTING. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN IN MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS BOTH TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF CIVIL AVIATION AND TO ENHANCE MARITIME SECURITY. WE REITERATE OUR APPEAL TO ALL THE COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE NOT YET SIGNED THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON THIS MATTER TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY TO ACCEDE TO THESE IMPORTANT INSTRUMENTS.
26. MR. PRESIDENT, IN CONCLUDING THIS REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SITUATION, I MUST LAY EMPHASIS HERE ON A PROBLEM OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO US, THAT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL
FREEDOMS. NEED I RECALL THE PRIORITY WHICH THE TWELVE GIVE TO THEM AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACH TO THE PROMOTION AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ALL COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS RELATIONS? IN THIS FIELD, THE TWELVE'S ACTIVITIES ARE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES WHICH WERE SET OUT IN THEIR DECLARATION OF 21 JULY 1986. PRINCIPLES WHICH WERE INITIALLY ENSHRINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE TWO COVENANTS. WE EXPECT ALL MEMBERS OF THE UN TO LIVE UP TO THE OBLIGATIONS THEY HAVE FREELY ASSUMED. WE WELCOME ANY EFFORTS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE EXISTING MECHANISMS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THAT NATIONS' WORDS ARE MATCHED BY DEEDS.
THIS YEAR IN WHICH WE CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, LET ALL OF US RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO ITS PRINCIPLES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION FOR A BETTER, HUMANE WORLD.
27. FINALLY, ALLOW ME NOW TO TURN TO ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE:
TWO YEARS AGO ALL MEMBER-STATES OF THE UN UNDERTOOK THE DIFFICULT
BUT ESSENTIAL TASK TO REFORM THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS OF
CONTEMPORARY REALITY.
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