insisted on the developed countries” accountability to this situation.
The world is living in a financial crisis that was born in the richest nations and is leaving millions and millions jobless worldwide, noted Rousseff in her usual Monday’s radio program Coffee with the President, when she evaluated her visit to New York last week.
The position supported by Brazil at the United Nations is that the solution to the world economic crisis must be debated by all the countries as a whole although the richest hold great deal of responsibility because the terrible situation began there, assured the leader.
Once again she stressed the need for Brazil to face the current situation and mentioned the international reserves available, the strengthening of internal market, maintenance of jobs and guarantee economic growth and income distribution policy.
Dilma Roussef went down in history last Wednesday, September 21, when she became the first woman to open the UN general Assembly among the world leaders which event she considered an honour.
The Brazilian President also attended other top-level meetings and in one of them highlighted the work her country is carrying in the fight against non-transmissible chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension with a free-distribution program of medicines for those illnesses.
She also emphasised that UN Women is an important step to coordinate actions and policies of support for women worldwide and said that in Brazil women and minors are a priority of social programs like the Family Bag Program. Roussef said that Brazil is showing the world that is possible to make economy grow and at the same time make the people get a better life; “We have bring our experiences, ideas and form of finding
solutions to those problems all over the world,” she remarked. – Prensa Latina.



