Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Thursday, focusing on how nations working in concert and using the latest technology, could better tackle the challenges facing the world.
Such challenges, he said, included pollution from plastic and immigration, but also poverty, health issues and terrorism.
"Global problems require global solutions," he said and nations working together made it less likely that a 'might is right doctrine' would prevail.
When he spoke on migration, Dr Muscat said that the trend of nations drifting towards reactions confined to their own borders was a concern.
"Some are worryingly looking at solving global issues with local solutions which, as many of you recognise, can at best give the illusion of working for a limited period of time, and at worst lead to almost immediate implosion."
Malta, he said, continued to abide by international commitments, and it expected others, not only States but also non-State actors involved, to also abide by international rules.
He said all European Union states needed to come together for an institutional agreement to address and manage migration.
"With a global strategy to deliver incisive blows to migrant smugglers, we can disrupt their online recruitment efforts, their payment methods, as well as their continued supply of sea vessels: most importantly, we can, together, stop these people profiting from a practice that often results in the death of innocent people," he said.
When he referred to the benefits of technology, Dr Muscat said that those who were able to pair the digital economy with a new state, the digital state, would be best poised to have a futureproof society where change did not galvanise extremes, but provided for other decades of sensible, mainstream policymaking and prosperity.
"Then there are the other big questions that the dawn of this digital age will need to see answered. Can we solve stalemate diplomatic negotiations by applying algorithms that can avoid war? Can we disarm terrorists using the latest technology? Is it possible to know immediately which remote parts of our planet need international humanitarian assistance? Could we create new organs for people so no one dies on a donor list? Can we live the day when humanity can be told that there is a cure to all cancers?"
Only time would tell, he said. But it was the accessibility to advanced technologies that would lead to solutions. Hopefully for the whole world.
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