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Co-Chair “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.

[...] [...] protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbour [...]

The Ministers emphasized the necessity to have Israel withdraw from all Lebanese territories including Shebaa Farms, Kfarshouba Hills and the Lebanese part of Al Ghajar village up until behind the Blue line, in accordancewith relevant international resolutions and in particular resolution 1701; and expressed their support for Lebanon’s right, including its people, army and resistance, to liberate or return the Shebaa Farms and Kfarshouba Hills and the Lebanese village of Al Ghajar, and to defend Lebanon against any aggression by all legitimate means available, and further emphasized Lebanon’s commitment to Security Council Resolution 1701.

): We are grateful to Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on UNMIK (S/2010/169) and for his efforts in the complex situation in the district.

During the same period, the Government has been working on the implementation of reintegration programmes, principally through the support project for the socio-economic reintegration of those affected by the conflict in the provinces of Cibitoke, Bubanza and Bujumbura Rural (P3P), the support project for the repatriation and reintegration of disaster victims (UNHCR andPARESI), the programme of voluntary return, resettlement and reintegration for displaced persons living in camps to their native hillsides and more generally through the integrated programme of support for the socio-economic reintegration of those affected by the conflict (UNDAF+) — a joint programme of the Government and the United Nations, launched in March 2010 and operating in the provinces most affected by the crisis (Cibitoke, Bubanza, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Makamba, Rutana, Ruyigi and Kirundo).

While the world was facing the most severe economic and financial crisis in generations, leading to significant reductions in global trade and to worrisome protectionist tendencies, key players had re-engaged in multilateralism, and the World Trade Organization had proved its value as a bulwark against beggar-thyneighbour policies.

Beggar-thy-neighbour trade [...]

Another event that has shaken the world during the past decade has been the global financial crisis, produced by a lack of clear rules in the international financial system, as well as by arrogance, greed and the unquenchable thirst for wealth.

The public and experts with a passion for history may discover or rediscover letters written byChurchill,Roosevelt and de Gaulle and the hieroglyphics of the scribes; music lovers may admire the scores of Mozart, Beethoven or Chopin; artists may delve into the letters of Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse or Magritte; scientists may discover Einstein’s and Besso’s original calculations, or the works of Pasteur and Marie Curie; literature buffs may regard the originals of texts that they have read such as the novels of Tolstoy or Goethe, the manifestos of Zola or Sartre and poems by Verlaine, and theologians may marvel at a surah of the Koran or a verse of the Old Testament.

We recognize the great significance of the assessment mission, and in particular, as the author of the report (see S/2012/42) said, the fact that the mission took place in cooperation with regional and subregional organizations.