25.09.2014
President Obiang, along with the First Lady and a number of Equatoguinean officials, are in attendance at a number of United Nations (UN) activities in New York this week. In addition to giving speeches at both the UN Climate Summit and the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the President also had the opportunity to meet with various world leaders, including President Francois Hollande of France, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, among others.
During his speech at the UN Climate Summit on Tuesday, the President announced Equatorial Guinea’s five-point plan to preserve the environment. These areas include: producing electrical energy through the generation of hydroelectric and turbo gas; ending the practice of flaring gas into the atmosphere and converting that gas into various derivatives (e.g. butane); replacing thermal power plants with hydroelectric plants; creating large natural reserves; and reducing the exploitation of the country’s forest reserves by 25%. By implementing such a comprehensive plan, the Government of Equatorial Guinea can help to build a more sustainable future for the Equatoguinean people.
In his address to the UNGA on Wednesday, President Obiang discussed the huge responsibility that the Assembly holds in fighting against poverty, hunger, violence, piracy and terrorism. He said that the UN should be revitalised and fortified through a process of democratisation within the body. President Obiang also noted the Government’s $2 million donation to the WHO’s Ebola fund, originally announced during the 15 September ceremony for the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.
Read more here: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48818#.VCPJgvldWT8 and http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=5700