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world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
Kofi Annan quotes
Chisolm,
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The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to
keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good.
Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best
superfluous.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. quotes
More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can
master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United
Nations.
Kofi Annan
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three
key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting
democracy.
Kofi Annan