1. The
reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective
as its members allow it to be.
2. The
UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a
larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
3. You
can change friends but not neighbours.
4. People
who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that
over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has
invariably come from India.
5. Our
nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an
adversary.
6. We
believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can
play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and
visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.
7. Global
interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries
could create a backlash on developed countries.
8. We
hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.
9. The
overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be
held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of
its foreign policy.
10. No
state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition
against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.
11. The
Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's
poor.
12. In
the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could
solve every problem anywhere.
13. There
was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its
constituent member-states.
14. Poverty
is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care,
political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social
organisation.
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