Closing appeal to ethos --- A very rousing speech which won him applause, rare in the UNSCR. Here are his closing words: "This message comes to you today from an old country, France, from an old continent like mine, Europe, that has known wars, occupation and barbarity. A country that does not forget and knows everything it owes to the freedom-fighters who came from America and elsewhere. And yet has never ceased to stand upright in the face of history and before mankind. Faithful to its values, it wishes resolutely to act with all the members of the international community. It believes in our ability to build together a better world."

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu