Remarks by the UN Secretary- General António Guterres to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the International Court of Justice
Your Majesty, Mr. President, Distinguished Judges, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Moments of crisis are moments of choice. They reveal who we are – and what we stand for. Today, we come together in the quiet dignity of a city that is synonymous with justice and international law. But it is easy to forget the world of eighty years ago. Europe – and far beyond – lay in ruins. The Hague itself was scarred and shaken. And yet, in that dark and difficult moment, world leaders made a defining choice. A choice to reject a future ruled by coercion and violence…
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