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Quotable quotes from General Debate of UN General Assembly on Sept. 21

Xinhua, September 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Following are quotable quotes from the speakers at the General Debate of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21:

"Unfortunately, the world continues to confront challenges to international peace and security all over. Narrow-minded nationalism, racism and violent extremism are on the rise. We must battle these destructive ideologies." -- Sauli Niinisto, the president of Finland.

"My country, Zimbabwe, is the victim of spiteful sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western countries for some sixteen years now. As a country, we are being collectively punished for exercising the one primordial principle enshrined in the United Nations Charter that of sovereign independence. We are being punished for doing what all other nations do, that is, responding to and looking after the basic interests of our people." -- Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe.

"Africa does not need your sympathy or Overseas Development Assistance. Africa needs a fair chance to trade with the rest of the world and amongst ourselves. The progress towards the creation of a Continental Free Trade Area (CEFTA) is commendable adn must be fast tracked." -- John Dramani Mahama, the president of Ghana.

"After more than half a century of internal armed conflict, I come back to the United Nations today, on the International day of Peace, to announce, with all the strength of my voice and of my heart: the war in Colombia has enede." -- Juan Manuel Santos Calderson, the president of Colombia.

"The Cold War is now behind us, paving the way for greater opportunities for global synergy. Even amongst the younger nations like Kenya, technological invention, such as MPESA (a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service), are leapfrogging us into the future, promising greater prosperity and integration." -- William Samoei Ruto, the deputy president of Kenya.

"The 21st century has brought with it an ever-complex international arena, when some old conflicts have lingered and exacerbated, while new threats and challenges in the form of violent extremism and terrorism, displacement and migrantion, climate change, and other challenges have emerged, threatening all humanity." -- Sarwar Danesh, the vice president of Afghanistan. Enditem