President Barack Obama reaches to shake hands with Peter Thomson, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, after addressing the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly, Tuesday at U.N. headquarters. He urged voters to reject what he called “crude populism – sometimes from the far left, but more often from the far right – which seeks to restore what they believe was a better, simpler age free of outside contamination”.
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But he also noted positive global developments during his decade as the United Nations chief.
“And the stark contrast between, say, the success of the Republic of Korea and the wasteland of North Korea shows that central plan to control the economy is a dead end”, Obama said.
He told the United Nations General Assembly that world leaders, notably Germany and Canada, have vowed to double the number from past year.
But Obama also called on the world community to address the root causes of displacement.
He added that many countries are already doing this.
The 50 states and organizations participating in the summit have increased their contributions to humanitarian appeals in 2016 by $4.5 billion, including $1 billion from the U.S., according to President Obama?s opening address.
On Monday, the United Nations said at least 18 trucks in a 31-vehicle convoy were destroyed as they came under attack while en route to deliver humanitarian aid to the hard-to-reach town of Urum al-Kubra.
“He hailed India’s economic growth saying China and India remain on a path of remarkable growth.Obama said the world is by many measures less violent and more prosperous than ever before”. Despite enormous progress in institutions, governing becomes more hard.
Still, Obama insisted it was critical not to gloss over “enormous progress” on economics and global cooperation that he said formed a template for tackling the problems of the future. Millions of Palestinian refugees are registered with the United Nations.
A day before meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he drew a parallel between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to respect racial minorities in the U.S.
“Many groups have killed many innocents but none more so than the Government of Syria, which continues to barrel-bomb neighbourhoods and systematically torture thousands of detainees”. Present in this hall today are representatives of governments that have ignored, facilitated, funded, participated in, or even planned and carried out, atrocities inflicted by all sides of the Syrian conflict against Syrian civilians.
“Some argue the future favors the strongman”, Obama said, in remarks that will echo in the 2016 U.S. campaign as much as the Kremlin, or Tiananmen Square.
That’s considered a blistering pace in the world of worldwide diplomacy, reflecting a sense of urgency in the fight against global warming and a desire to seal the deal before the Obama administration leaves office.
Candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been in NY, meeting with various leaders.
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Power said the summit wouldn’t be a “panacea” for the crisis, but would show what the USA can achieve when it leads on an issue of global concern. Leaders must understand that holding office is a trust granted by people, not personal property.
