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Jul 07, 2009 News
President of the Andean Parliament, Ivonne Baki, has called for regional integration while noting that the body which she leads cares deep about this.
Baki is the only candidate from this hemisphere that is running for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
In an interview with reporters on Friday at the International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, during the 30th meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Baki emphasised the importance of the forum.
“Don’t forget that this is one hemisphere and we have to be united and understand each other and I think that is why the position I am seeking now as Director-General of UNESCO is very important, because UNESCO represents education, science and culture and peace.”
She explained that the organisation was created after the Second World War, while emphasising that education is important, as it leads to creating peace.
While supporting President Bharrat Jagdeo’s Low Carbon Development Strategy, Baki also urged for the new generation to be properly educated about Climate Change.
Meanwhile, admitting that a lot of attention is being focused on other areas of the world that are experiencing difficulties, particularly Africa, Baki urged that more emphasis should be placed on Caribbean countries.
“Priority within the (Caribbean) region is also important and we have to see the world as one,” she said.
She opined that if all countries were integrated, then the impact of the global financial crisis would have been less.
“If we were integrated, if we were together, it would have been less felt. If we have real integration between South America, Latin America and the Caribbean, we could have helped each other economically, in trade issues, in order to have less impact from the crisis, by creating jobs among each other.”
Baki said that UNESCO needs someone that has lived and passed through wars and understands the meaning of peace. This is why she thinks that she is suitably qualified to assume the role of Director-General. (Fareeza Haniff).
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