Iran Proposes Decade for Joint Global Governance at UN(57682)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Iranian President Mohamoud Ahmadinejad at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 19, 2010. Ahmadinejad was here to attend a U.N. summit on the Millennium Development Goals and the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed that the UN name the second decade of the 21st century as "the decade for joint global governance," calling on world leaders "to spare no effort in practical planning for the realization of this noble goal."

The statement came as Ahmadinejad addressed the UN high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which entered its second day here Tuesday.

The first decade of the new millennium was marked by the UN General Assembly as "International Decade for the Culture of Peace" and saw the establishment of the eight anti-poverty MDGs through the 2000 Millennium Declaration.

"The world is in need of an encompassing and of course, just and humane order in the light of which the rights of all are preserved and peace and security are safeguarded," he said.

Critical of current global economic structures, Ahmadinejad said "demanding liberal capitalism and transnational corporations" have caused suffering throughout the world.

"Fundamental reform of this undemocratic and unjust system to a fair and open one is essential," he said.

"All should participate in a coordinated effort for putting in place the competent governance in the centers of the world power and for securing serenity, welfare, friendship, and sustainable peace and security," Ahmadinejad added.

Source: Xinhua

Iran Proposes "Decade for Joint Global Governance" at UN

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