AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE NEXT TO A SECURE ISRAEL IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A JUST AND COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; -- A STABLE, INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATIC LEBANON; -- AN IRAQ AT PEACE WITH ITSELF AND ITS NEIGHBORS; -- PEACE AND AN END TO STRIFE IN DARFUR; -- A REGION FREE OF NUCLEAR AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, WHERE SUCH WEAPONS ARE NOT FELT TO BE EITHER NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE; -- AND FINALLY, A REGION WHERE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITY OR RELIGION, CAN PURSUE THEIR LIVES AND ASPIRATIONS FREE FROM WANT AND FREE FROM FEAR," BAN SAID. HE ALSO REITERATED HIS EAGER TO WORK CLOSELY WITH ARAB LEADERS TOWARD THESE NOBLE OBJECTIVES. --MORE
