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Quotable quotes from General Debate of UN General Assembly on Sept. 24

Xinhua, September 25, 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. 24:

"One of the cornerstones on which the foreign policy of Barbados is built is our unwavering commitment to the United Nations. We see the UN as the core of an effective multilateral system, with responsibility for addressing issues of international peace, security and development." -- Maxine Mcclean, the foreign minister of Barbados.

"New sources of threats to humanity have emerged while at the same time the traditional sources of threats become more pronounced. The modes and intensity of non-traditional security threats, such as terrorism, transnational crimes, ethnic tensions and intra-state conflicts, and violent extremism have increased manifold." -- Prakash Sharan Mahat, the foreign minister of Nepal.

"Combating international terrorism and extremism has become a top priority. There is a need in developing national, regional and international mechanisms aimed at elimination of military infrastructures, channels of financial and logistic support, recruiting and propaganda of violence." -- Sirodjidin Aslov, the foreign minister of Tajikistan.

"The UN is indeed the foremost platform for coming together as a community of nations to discuss and tackle the greatest challenges of our time. These challenges are clear and require robust and coordinated international action to overcome." -- Adbdusalam Hadliyeh Omer, the foreign minister of Somalia.

"The origins of the migration crisis are complex and diffuse -- many migrants and refugees are fleeing conflict and violence; many others are fleeing poverty and deprivation. The vast scale and sustained nature of the movement is, at times, bewildering and threatens to overwhelm our rules-based migration system. It confronts us with a wide array of problems to overcome at the same time -- the harrowing violence in Syria; the barbarism of Da'esh; the collapse of order within Libya; the practices of ruthless people smugglers." -- Charles Flanagan, the foreign minister of Ireland. Enditem