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Posted September 20, 2006
Sirleaf urges new operating structures for UN
Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is urging
member countries of the United nations not to operate on the structures
designed sixty-one years ago when the organization was founded. She said,
"times have changed, and with it, the world too has changed beyond our
imagination when this organization was established. We are truly a global
village, interconnected physically and electronically, increasingly bound by
a shared commitment to confront and overcome the changes that threaten
global peace, stability, and the well-being of our human family".
Africa's only woman president, in her address to the 61st
session of the UN General Assembly in New York Tuesday, said the session
must vigorously consider how to bring equity to the present international
financial, trade and development structures; how to do more in creating the
conditions that will improve the standard of living of mankind everywhere.
she reminded world leaders to be sensitive to the needs and assure
developing countries the dividends of globalization.
President Sirleaf told the Assembly of her strong support
for women and gender equality and look forward with interest to the report
of a High-Level Panel on System-wide Coherence, appointed by the
Secretary-General earlier this year.
She told the gathering of the 192 member countries that
prior to her civil conflict, Liberia has always been in nthe vanguard of
promoting good neighborliness, peace, security and stability "in our
sub-region, our continent and our one world".
Immediately following her speech to the General Assembly,
President Sirleaf held a half-hour news conference in which she
outline the four pillars on which her government intends to carry Liberia
forward. She summarized reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts made so
far and plans to move forward.
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