UN General Assembly
2010

which was held here from 24 to 26 June 2009, particularly those calling for reform and strengthening of the financial and economic system and of the international financial architecture in order to adapt them to current difficulties. It also desires that that reform should not only allow developing countries in general and those of Africa in particular to have more adequate representation in international financial institutions, but should also promote economic and financial policies that are better adapted to their needs. Along those lines, I would like to pay tribute to the summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) held in June 2010 in Muskoka, Canada, which reaffirmed, inter alia, the commitments of the G-8 with regard to official development assistance and the guarantee of aid effectiveness. It called for the effective mobilization of all public and private resources for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. It also emphasized the urgent need for collective action to achieve the MDGs, particularly improvement in maternal health and reduction of infant mortality. On that specific point, my delegation would like