Speeches by Vladimir Makei

Humankind has only one past, but many options for the future. History is such that we know only the consequences of those actions that have occurred, but not...

I will begin with a simple question: what is the key challenge facing today’s world? I believe that it is the fact that humankind’s societal evolution has no...

The past few decades have been marked by two contradictory trends — increasing political fragmentation and increasing economic globalization. The first of those...

Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, For good reason, this is the first time that the high week of the General Assembly’s commemorative session is being held in...

We often invoke the phrase “the spirit of San Francisco”. We do that when we speak and think about positive aspects of international relations. Indeed, the mes...

“Never forget” is a summons that has remained one of the most important watchwords of the international community since 1945. There is no question that the memo...

For more than six months, the world has been living in the shadow of the conflict in Ukraine. It is adversely affecting a great many people on the planet. The c...

Exactly two decades ago, the United Nations and its leader received the Nobel Peace Prize. At the reception ceremony, former Secretary-General Kofi Anan said th...