Part 3 --Editor's note: From today we will publish a series of speeches made by the world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit held in the first week of September. We owe special thanks to the Head of the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran, Iftikhar Ali, who provided our daily with copies of the speeches.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Madam President, Mr. President, Distinguished Participants, Today, in the name of a great nation with a long history and ancient civilization, who, through its magnificent spiritual declare before this house that nations can no longer be marginalized on political, cultural and economic pretexts.
The world belongs to all its inhabitants. No double standards, national or international, can ever be accepted in contemporary world. Our task today is to transform the logic of international relations, distancing it from the logic of power. On the eve of the third millennium, the time has come to call upon the world not to yield to the quest for power, but to opt for dialog and ultimately for compassion, love and spirituality. Today, more than ever before, the United Nations needs to exhibit its authority and effectiveness by ensuring the utilization of globalization as a positive force for all humanity, by safeguarding sovereignty of nations in the face of adverse implications of the process, and by promoting mutual recognition and respect among cultures, civilizations and spiritual traditions.
The future of the world belongs to democracy in all levels of governance, advancement of ethical, legal and political values on the basis of dialogue, free exchange of ideas and free intercultural challenge. Let us advance the United Nations to an era of equitable participation of all nations and civilizations in tomorrow's global governance.