Secretary-General Speaks at Princeton
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, 17 April 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General this morning spoke at a colloquium at Princeton University, warning that we face a landscape shattered by global economic crisis and collapse, regional conflict, and escalating humanitarian needs. Absent decisive action, he said, we face a real prospect of our existing system unraveling. The Secretary-General proposed a new multilateralism, which must focus on securing global public goods, including global financial and economic stability, a major push against poverty, restoring peace and stability, addressing climate change, advancing global health, countering terrorism and ensuring disarmament and non-proliferation. An effective and empowered United Nations, he said, is central to meeting the dominant global challenges of the twenty-first century. In an interdependent world, he added, the common interest is the national interest. Either we will succeed together or fail alone. News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30501&Cr=multilateralism&Cr1=
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