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NEW YORK, New York: Guyanese President Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, used his presentation at the United Nations yesterday to call for help for heavily indebted countries.
Mr. Jagdeo told the General Assembly, "The success of international cooperation and indeed of the United Nations system will be determined by how well they respond to the interests and concerns not only of the powerful, but of the powerless - not only of the rich, but, most urgently, of the poor. If truth be told, their record thus far leaves much to be desired."
Stressing the economic problems of developing countries, President Jagdeo said, "In the face of a persistent debt burden, drastically reduced development assistance and ever-present protectionist barriers and in the prevailing climate of international tension and uncertainty, many developing countries, Guyana included, are made more vulnerable and the prospect for growth severely impaired."
He added that the collapse of recent world trade talks in Cancún, Mexico, over rich countries' subsidies for their agriculture "does not make us sanguine about the future."
And the President called for UN reform, including enlarging the Security Council so that the role of developing countries there is appropriately strengthened and said his country would support Brazil, India and an African country for permanent seats and a suitable number of non-permanent seats for other developing countries.
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