Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… As they said, we welcome the peoples of the world to the place that is recognised as the cradle of humanity. The … their diversity. Whereas, as the Rio Earth Summit took place ten years ago, the death of many caused by racial … welcome to your home, it is therefore to say welcome to a place of peace, of human solidarity, of hope, of a common …