新任聯合國大會主席克里姆(Srgjan Kerim)於18日在第62屆會期開幕時表示， 氣候變遷、全球發展的資金籌措、千禧年發展目標、管理改革與對抗恐怖主義 等，應為聯合國大會未來一年內的優先處理事項。
在全球領袖於24日出席聯合國高層級氣候變遷會議之前，克里姆籲請聯合國 192個會員國為地球暖化致力籌畫一個共同的、全球性的應對方案。克里姆並表 示，氣候變遷現在對於全球發展的影響，跟環境問題一樣嚴重。
「科學證據會說話；現在該是行動的時候了。」克里姆並且補充，在聯合國框架下的氣候變遷會議，仍應是全球行動的核心所在。
克里姆來自馬其頓的前南斯拉夫，2001至2003年任職馬其頓駐聯合國大使， 也曾任政府其他要職。
「現在全球性的挑戰比以前更需要藉助多邊機制的力量，而聯合國便是採取 行動適當的多邊論壇。這也就是我們高度關注此次聯合國大會的原因。」
Climate change, financing for development, the Millennium Development Goals, management reform and counter-terrorism should all receive priority attention from the General Assembly over the next year, said the incoming president Srgjan Kerim today as he opened its 62nd session.
Previewing next Monday's high-level UN meeting on climate change, which will be attended by heads of state from around the world, Kerim called on all 192 UN member governments to dedicate themselves to devising a "collaborative, global response" to the Earth's warming climate. He said climate change is now causing developmental as well as environmental problems.
"The science has spoken; the time for action has come," he said, adding that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change should remain at the center of international action.
Kerim, who is from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, served as his country's ambassador to the United Nations from 2001 to 2003 and in several other positions with his national government.
"More than ever before, global challenges demand multilateral solutions," he said. "The United Nations is the appropriate multilateral forum to take action. That is why the revitalization of this General Assembly deserves our highest attention."
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