AILING WORLD ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM MUST BE RESTRUCTURED BY 192 NATIONS, NOT JUST 'G-20', PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA SAYS IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17 -- The United Nations issued the following press release:
In a sweeping speech, that traced the evolution of an indigenous Bolivian farmers' movement into a powerful political force that wielded calls for equality to attain national power in 2005, Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma told the General Assembly today that the global financial crisis revealed how the world economic system had to be restructured by 192 countries, not just the richest 20.
In a sweeping speech, that traced the evolution of an indigenous Bolivian farmers' movement into a powerful political force that wielded calls for equality to attain national power in 2005, Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma told the General Assembly today that the global financial crisis revealed how the world economic system had to be restructured by 192 countries, not just the richest 20.