By Luis Beaton Fonseca, Prensa Latina,
Managua : Former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister and candidate to the chairmanship of the upcoming 63rd UN General Assembly Session Miguel D”Escoto said that people”s unity is a key to face current challenges worldwide.
The 72 year-old man seasoned diplomat and priest with the Maryknoll religious order pledged for real “united nations, not dispersed nations.”
D”Escoto, who became famous after the The Hague International Court of Justice ruled against the United States for its war of aggression against Nicaragua in the 80s, told Prensa Latina that unity most be based on the principle of sovereign equality for all UN members.
On June 4, 192 member nations of the UN will elect the next chairman of the General Assembly session from September 2008 to 2009.
Though unity is a must for democratizing the United Nations, the former Sandinista foreign minister warned that is also necessary to eradicate hunger and poverty in a world asking for bigger changes.
Solidarity and unity must go hand in hand in the next General Assembly session, in order to achieve goals like getting rid of those who spend billions in wars, said D Escoto.