The secretary general at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the victory of the greate patriotic war Mosco, 9 May 1995

Abstract

Secretary General calls upon world leaders assembled in Moscow to enable 'Family of nations' to face future with confidence The significant event that brings us all together today is not only the commemoration of a military victory. It is also the celebration of a privileged moment in history when mankind and nations were able, at the same time, to ward off the forces of destruction and project themselves into the future as an indissoluble international community. It is essential to keep firmly in mind today that it was precisely when war was raging and people were tearing one another apart that courageous minds imagined the foundations and principles of what is now the United Nations.