Antiguan diplomat says world is saddled with various problems including ethnic extremism
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began its annual debate here on Tuesday grappling with problems from ethnic and religious extremism to the ongoing global economic and financial crisis.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador, John W. Ashe, who is presiding over the UNGA debate said the world headlines are now filled with reports of wars; grinding poverty and malnutrition; gender violence; adverse effects of climate change and loss of valuable biodiversity; and the struggles of men, women and the young seeking to live with human dignity and peace.
“Now with clear awareness that the scourge of chemical warfare has been unleashed in Syria, we are as a community of nations confronted by a need to address this wrong,” he told world leaders including United States President Barack Obama
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