UN General Assembly
2009

Let me join others in extending our sincere congratulations to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his unanimous election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. I am confident that under his able stewardship this session will mark an important milestone in meeting the formidable challenges of our times. And the challenges we face as a human family are unprecedented indeed. No nation, no country is immune to the ruthless grip of the multitude of global crises: economy and finance, fuel and food, flu pandemics and climate change. These and other global challenges require global solutions underpinned by a new multilateralism. Multilateralism that is effective, proactive and commensurate with today’s demands. Never has the world needed an effective multilateralism as much as we do now; as the Secretary-General has rightly put it, “This is the ultimate multilateral moment” (A/64/1, para. 4). Mongolia highly commends the strong leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the effort to make this Organization the centre of the new multilateralism. We also applaud his unwavering commitment to mobilizing broad political support to