Arias
speaks to U.N.
September 19, 2006
www.amcostarica.com
President Óscar Arias Sánchez will be
addressing the United Nations General Assembly today
at 3:30 p.m. Costa Rica time, and thanks to the power
of the Internet, the speech is available on a U.N.
video page.
Leaders from many countries will be speaking, as
is the custom as the General Assembly convenes in
New York. However, much of the work is done in one-on-one
discussions.
Arias
was scheduled to arrive in New York last night from
Denver. However, Bruno Stagno, the Costa Rican foreign
minister, held a series of meetings there Monday
with foreign dignitaries.
He was seeking support for Costa Rica to win a non-permanent
seat on the U.S. Security Council. Stagno also met
with George Yeo, the Singapore foreign minister,
and discussed the possible opening of diplomatic
missions, said the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
y Culto. He also met with Amre Moussa, secretary
general of the Arab League. A week ago Ahmed Aboul
Gheit, Egypt's foreign minister, and Stagno announced
that Egypt had just reestablished diplomatic relations
with Costa Rica after the Arias administration moved
the Costa Rican Embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
