(holyseemission.org) Statement of the Holy See at the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
to Commemorate the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
21 September 2020
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Mr. President,
I am pleased to participate in this virtual high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and to reiterate the Holy See’s support for this prestigious Institution.
For the past 75 years, the peoples of the world have turned to the United Nations as a source of hope for world peace and harmony among States. To this Organization they have brought the desire for an end to conflict and strife, greater respect for the dignity of the human person, the alleviation of suffering and poverty and the advancement of justice: an expression of an underlying expectation of the United Nations that this Organization would not only affirm the (...)
