Antiguan diplomat says time now to find common ground on new UN development agenda

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John W. Ashe is urging the international community to find common ground in crafting a new global development agenda integrating economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.
Ashe, the Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United Nations, told the closing ceremony of the UNGA that had been addressed by world leaders, including several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, that it was now up to the UN member states “to find the common ground as a basis for moving forward with decisive action.
“In the real world in which we live, such healthy compromise is the best outcome of our joint effort. We are the ones responsible for finding such common ground.”