St. Lucian-born UN Assembly President speaks out on new post

Mr. Julian R. Hunte

Friday, October 3, 2003

NEW YORK, New York: Mr. Julian R. Hunte, President of the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, says it has been a remarkable first round of intense discussions, especially in the aftermath of the Iraq war. 

Mr. Hunte also commended Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony's speech to the UN, telling the St. Lucia government information service, "Dr. Anthony's speech was right on target ranking very high as it relates to the 58th General Assembly."

"Here again we have fallen in line with the tradition which this General Assembly and indeed most international fora. We have been able to produce speeches which reflect people's concerns, not only in terms of delivery but content, the prime minister did deliver an outstanding speech," he added. 

According to Mr. Hunte, amongst the varied goals of the Presidency is to affect a new modus operandi. The new president will also allow a change in the roster in terms of rotating the chair to allow vice presidents to serve whilst he attends to other bilateral matters.

President Hunte has also proposed to have meetings with the ad-hoc working group to run through 15th October to deal with the revitalization of the General Assembly. And he remains confident that the current Presidency will deliver not only in terms of managing the affairs of the General Assembly but also in dealing with the resolutions tabled by various committees.

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