UN debates global crisis

US: United Nations General Assembly President Nicaraguan Miguel dA'Escoto inaugurated an interactive thematic dialogue over the financial and economic crisis and its impact on development.

This dialogue, said the diplomatic and priest, initiates a new phase in the process of consultations for better understanding of the crisis and its impact, and of the appropriate answer to the prevailing state of unrest in the world.

D Escoto said at the inaugural ceremony of the General Assembly sessions, an intergovernmental process for the preparations of a UN lecture on those subjects at the highest level has been maintained, which will take place in about two months.

Former FM indicated that this thematic dialogue must be tackled during the three coming summits, April's G20 London Summit, the one in June at UN headquarters and G8 Meeting in July, Italy.

All these encounters and its preparations offer opportunities to build a consensus worldwide in support of global actions to face the deepening recession, he stressed.

D Escoto said the General Assembly has a unique role: to look for a true, legitimate global and political solution to this crisis. United Nations, Prensa Latina