No One Can Act Alone

Never Before Has Information Been So Important, To Governments And Businesses Alike. And Please Don't Imagine That Some Of You Gathered Here Today May Be Less Concerned Than Others. Globalization Means That The "butterfly Effect" Is Everywhere At Work. The Mistakes Of A Stockbroker In Singapore Or The Collapse Of The Baht In Bangkok, The Decisions Of A Finnish Industrial Concern, Or What The Governor Of Minas Gerais In Brazil Decides To Do About His State's Debt, Have Had Consequences For The World As A Whole.

For The First Time, Humanity Is Instituting A Genuine Instrument Kyoto Protocol Of Global Governance,"..."by Acting Together, By Building This Unprecedented Instrument, The First Component Of An Authentic Global Governance, We Are Working For Dialogue And Peace.

This Will Provide An Engine, An Example That Will Allow Europe To Go Faster, Further And Better.

Our House Is Burning Down And We Are Blind To It. The Earth And Humankind Are In Danger And We Are All Responsible. It Is Time To Open Our Eyes. Alarms Are Sounding Across All Continents. We Cannot Say We Did Not Know! Climate Warming Is Still Reversible. Heavy Would Be The Responsibility Of Those Who Refuse To Fight It.

It Is With Enormous Distress That France Has Just Learned Of The Monstrous Attacks There Is No Other Word For It That Have Just Struck The United States Of America. In These Horrifying Circumstances, The Entire People Of France, And I Want To Emphasize This, Stand By The People Of America. They Express Their Friendship And Solidarity In This Tragedy. Naturally, I Want To Assure President Bush Of My Total Support. France, As You Know, Has Always Condemned And Unreservedly Condemns Terrorism, And Considers That Terrorism Must Be Combated By All Possible Means.