Medvedev calls for creating a new financial and economic model.

UNITED NATIONS, September 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has used the United Nations rostrum to call for the creation of a
financial and economic model that would in future guarantee protection for
all nations against shocks and jolts. He also warned that the crisis might
thwart the world community's plans to fight poverty.

He called on donors not to postpone "for the future" donor aid to the
needy countries.
The Russian president spoke about imbalances in the existing
mechanisms of managing microeconomic processes, the inadequacy of the
'rules of the game" and a wide gap between financial markets and the real
sector of the economy.
"We should exert joint efforts to create a financial and economic
model that would guarantee protection against similar shocks in future,"
Medvedev explained.
"Almost all countries are confronted with falling production outputs
and worsening living standards of millions of people," the Russian
president went on to say.
"The crisis has aggravated social problems, become a serious trial for
young people who are just starting their lives and caused a considerable
rise in unemployment. In all this Russia is no exception," Medvedev
stressed.
"A sensitive blow has been dealt on plans to fight poverty. The
achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have come
under real threat," the Russian president went on to say.
"Donor aid to the needy countries cannot be put off 'for the future'.
Priority tasks set to the world community should be solved obligatory,"
the Russian president emphasized.
"The agreements passed at the G-20 summits and the United Nations
Conference on global crisis and its consequences for development should be
carried out according to deadlines that we've set," Medvedev added.
The Russian president believes that finding an effective solution to
all the aforesaid problems would be impossible without or outside the
framework of the United Nations.
That is why, according to Medvedev, the United Nations remains a
support structure of a modern world set-up.
Humanity is going through a turning point in modern history, and it's
the United Nations, above all, that is to give answers to new challenges.
The United Nations is a time-tested mechanism of harmonizing the interests
of various countries, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at his speech
at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
"The current session of the United Nations General Assembly is taking
place at an extremely difficult and responsible time. We, without
exaggerating, are going through one of the turning points in the
development of modern history. Apart from the economic crisis - the first
large-scale crisis of the globalization era - the world development
continues to be threatened by regional and local conflicts, terrorism,
cross-border crime, food shortages and climate change," Medvedev went on
to say.
"Most countries are still feeling the crisis consequences. Although
apparently we've managed to avoid the worst scenario, the question remains
open: how will the world and national economies overcome enormous
imbalances and deficits measured in trillions of dollars?> Medvedev said.
"The unifying agenda has been prompted by life. This explains a
growing demand for the United Nations which is a time tested mechanism of
harmonizing the interests of various countries," the Russian president
emphasized.


.Medvedev notes positive changes in |Russian-US relations.


NEW YORK, September 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
has noted positive changes in Russia's relations with the United States.
"The most important thing is that we again learned to listen to each
other, and it's very important for the future of our countries and
peoples," Medvedev said after meeting U.S. President Barack Obama.
"The friendly relations that we have established help solving numerous
issues that are important both for bilateral relations and the fate of the
whole world," Medvedev went on to say.
The Russian president said he and the U.S. leader met each other
personally every three months and regularly called each other by phone.
For his part, Barack Obama thanked Dmitry Medvedev for the friendly
atmosphere created during his visit to Moscow last summer.


.Medvedev urges all countries to join debate on energy security.


UNITED NATIONS, September 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has called for discussing concrete proposals on global energy
security.
"The basic principles of a new legal framework for such cooperation
were forumlated at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg three years ago. It's
aim is to harmonize the interests of all participants in the energy
'chain': the suppliers, the consumers and the transitors," Medvedev told
the 64th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
"We've recently specified these proposals and we are inviting
everybody to discuss them. We think that this discussion should proceed
with active participation of specialized multilateral institutions,
including the United Nations agencies," the Russian leader emphasized.

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