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Article: An age-old dream....(address by United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at 1995 ceremony honoring 50th anniversary of the UN)(Special 50th Anniversary Edition)(Transcript)(Cover Story)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- September 1, 1995
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The United Nations expresses the age-old dream of universal cooperation. We are here to renew this dream. The blueprint for the world Organization was drawn here in San Francisco 50 years ago. The Charter created here is more than a document of history; it is the foundation stone of international relations.
For five decades, the United Nations has permitted nations to join together to deal with challenges that no single nation can resolve. Universal membership offers a forum for expressing universal ideals. Through the United Nations, the world has enshrined the ideal of sovereign independence - to accommodate the emergence of new States and to secure the dignity of ...