Foreword

Addressing UN Member States in late 2003, at the end of a difficult and divisive period for the international community, I expressed my belief that the world had come to a fork in the road. In one direction lay an outdated international security system, ill-equipped to handle the challenges of the twenty-first century; in the other, a renewed commitment to international cooperation, and reformed mechanisms able to address problems without passports.

Related Subject(s): United Nations