Dennis Francis, Trinidad and Tobago’s nominee for the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly says if chosen, he will act with transparency, accountability, rigour and dedication.
Francis spoke virtually at a meeting held by the Foreign and Caricom Affairs Ministry at NAPA on Monday 30.
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He said he sees the duty of being President of the Assembly as akin to that of a bridge-builder…
“In 2015, we, the members of the international community, gave a solemn undertaking to our citizens in every corner of the globe to leave no one behind through the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an all-encompassing global strategy for development, to address, among other things, extreme poverty and hunger and to lift the standard of living and welfare from the forgotten, the marginalised, and the dispossessed through decisive, co-ordinated action in respect of people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.
He continued: “In that regard, and in conceptualising the main thrust of my presidency, I have chosen, if elected, peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability as my watchwords.”
Francis’ vision statement reads “PEACE, PROSPERITY, PROGRESS, AND SUSTAINABILITY” and he lays the current realities of dealing with these and the prgress that has started and will continue.
His manifesto says, “I am proud, and at the same time humbled, to accept the nomination of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as its candidate for the position of President of the Seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. It has also been my special privilege to have been favoured with the political endorsement of my regional Group, the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, GRULAC, whose approbation I deeply value and will work assiduously to honour.”
