Along with many other Australians, I do not want a world in which one country has all the power. I do not want a world based on "Axis of Evil"Rhetoric and the constant threat of pre-emptive military strikes.

There is a better way. It is called international cooperation. It means respecting the reports and findings of Hans Blix. It means respecting international opinion-in this case, the position of France, Germany, Russia and China. It means sharing power across the globe, instead of allowing one nation to appoint itself as the global policeman.

The war against terrorism must target terrorists, not the women and children of Iraq. It must solve problems, like catching Bin Laden, wiping out Al Quaeda and addressing the Palestinian question. It must attack the core reasons for terrorism, rather than rush down the path of American adventurism.

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS.