Articles Quote by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

The United Nations would probably have to rest on two pillars: one constituted by an assembly of equal executive representatives of individual countries, resembling…

— Vaclav Havel

The General Assembly is a unique organ. It's the most representative organ of the United Nations, where all 193 Member States are present. Each…

— Miroslav Lajcak

The United Nations is the preeminent institution of multilateralism. It provides a forum where sovereign states can come together to share burdens, address common…

— Shashi Tharoor

The United Nations is here to provide global guidance and also to help with global frameworks and to set the policies right. But then,…

— Miroslav Lajcak

It is time to reinvigorate the UN General Assembly so that it can exercise a more decisive role in peace-making and peace-keeping, consistent with…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

— Arthur Henderson

The United Nations represents not a final stage in the development of world order, but only a primitive stage. Therefore its primary task is…

— John Foster Dulles

...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy

— Dick Morris

As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter -…

— Helen Clark

The United Nations needs to be nimble, efficient, and effective.

— Antonio Guterres

The United Nations should serve as a forum to address our common challenges. And it must also be a space to generate solutions for…

— Miroslav Lajcak

We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.

— Lech Walesa