Multilateral Cooperation Quotes

I don't recall that I have said and I don't think that I really feel that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood or even that it would be desirable to have a single government elected by the people of the world.

A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries.

Since we are not in the League of Nations in any case, we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms.

I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.

The pace and demands in any field, be it genetics, nanotechnology or cosmology, can only be met with increased international cooperation and collaborative projects.

[America should strive for] Voluntary agreement to remove the veto from all questions involving pacific settlements of international disputes and situations

So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process.

The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

... assertive multilateralism.

China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law and the principle of taxation to finance agreed actions which provide the basis for governance at the national level. But this will not come about easily. Resistance to such changes is deeply entrenched. They will come about not through the embrace of full blown world government, but as a careful and pragmatic response to compelling imperatives and the inadequacies of alternatives.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

I’ve had foreign policy experience as governor of Texas—with Mexico.

Facing dramatic global challenges, we need a global capacity to address them that reaffirms the importance of multilateralism and the importance of a rules-based set of international relations, based on the rule of law and in accordance with the U.N. Charter.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

At the United Nations, that's the number one comment I get is they're just so happy to see the United States lead again.

We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements.

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

The United Nations should serve as a forum to address our common challenges. And it must also be a space to generate solutions for mutual benefit. This is the very essence of what the United Nations is about. We must position the multilateral system to better serve our people and deliver on their aspirations.

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.

We have accomplished our mission of stopping Iraq's drive to take over Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East. We should begin to reduce our forces in Saudi Arabia, ever so slowly, and look to a more multinational force to keep the peace.

...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige of that organization

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN.