Leaders Take World Stage at UNGA
Leaders Take World Stage at UNGA
Presidents of the Americas joined world leaders for the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened debate, calling for a 2012 environmental conference in Rio. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made the case for her nation to hold a UN Human Rights Council seat and President Evo Morales of Bolivia proposed the UN convene a forum for indigenous peoples. AS/COA hosted several Latin American leaders, including Bachelet and Morales, during the week of UNGA.
Presidents of the Americas joined world leaders this week for the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened debate by decrying social inequity and calling for an environmental conference in 2012, two decades after Rio hosted the UN Conference on Environment and Development. Argentina’s President Nestor Kirchner, who delivered his speech just before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave his, asked Iran to cooperate with a judicial probe into the 1994 bombing of Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made the case for her nation to hold a UN Human Rights Council seat, and President Evo Morales proposed the UN convene a forum for indigenous peoples.
During the UNGA week, AS/COA hosted several Latin American leaders for public and private events.
