UN General Assembly
2009

major projects that came to fruition this year. The opening of the first emergency transit centre for refugees in Timisoara, the first such body in the world, was the result of excellent cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration. The second project is the signing, here in New York, of a memorandum of understanding between the Government of Romania and the United Nations regarding the training of United Nations close protection personnel within the Centre for Excellence of the Romanian Protection and Guard Service, to be opened soon in Bucharest. In all our endeavours to identify a stronger multilateral approach to guaranteeing a safer and more sustainable system, we should all consider at least four essential elements. The first is managing the current economic crisis so as to secure sustainable development and growth. The second is staying focused on the demanding and interconnected issues of climate change, poverty, food security, health, energy, migration and the lack of democracy in some parts of the world, while maintaining international peace,