Brasília – On addressing the 66th Assembly General of the United Nations (UN), in New York, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said that the global crisis is simultaneously economic, of governance and of political coordination. Rousseff pointed out that, if the situation is not contained, it may become one of unprecedented rupture.
The first woman to address the opening of the UN Assembly General, Rousseff defended the need for integration of nations to overcome the crisis and return to growth. “There will be no return of confidence and growth while efforts are not intensified for coordination between the countries that are members of the UN and other multilateral institutions like the G20, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.”
To her, “the UN and its organisations must urgently issue clear signs of political cohesion and of macroeconomic coordination.”
President Rousseff said that Brazil is prepared to help developing nations and that it is necessary to fight against global unemployment.
*Translated by Mark Ament