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dominate discussions.
‘‘I hope this framework will usefully serve the noble cause of preventing gathering conflicts and resolving existing ones,’’ Mr Jeremic said.
The UNGA, Mr Jeremic said, should not just focus on achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals tenable in 2015, but also on the post-2015 agenda.
He underscored the importance of fulfilling commitments made during the UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20), which was held in Brazil in June.
“Our objective should be the full implementation of the mandate this body received at the Rio+20 Conference. This will require a decisive commitment to observe not only procedural deadlines, but also the political and financial objectives it has been designed to accomplish,” Mr Jeremic was quoted as saying.
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He also highlighted the importance of arms control and disarmament, strengthening UN peacekeeping, improving a global co-ordinated response to terrorism, and promoting human rights in the international arena during the next 12 months.
The rule of law, he said, would remains one of the main priorities on the Assembly’s agenda.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Mr Jeremic on his new role and thanked the immediate-past UNGA president, Mr Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, for his
leadership over the past year.
He also underlined that the role of the UN is crucial during this period of uncertainty, and called on the 193 members of the UN to deepen their efforts to work together.
During the 67th session, which runs through mid-September 2013, the General Assembly will consider the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference.
As the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN comprising of all 193 member-states, the UNGA meets in regular session intensively from September to December each year and thereafter as required.
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