Republic of Singapore
Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon
Singapore joined the United Nations on September 21, 1965. Vanu Gopala Menon has served as Singapore’s permanent representative to the UN since September 16, 2004. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Menon’s March 15, 2006, speech before the UN General Assembly during debate on the adoption of the draft resolution on the Human Rights Council.Voltaire once said, "Work keeps away those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty." So perhaps we should be grateful that the discussions on the Human Rights Council have taken this long. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end. And many…
