Mono-Polar World Crumbles Down, US Becomes Aware - Medvedev

26.09.2009, 03.51

PITTSBURGH, September 26, 2009, (Itar-Tass) --

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev regards many processes at the UN General Assembly and within the group of the world’s twenty leading economies as signs the multi-polar world structure is collapsing, and it is from this standpoint that he sees the United States’ desire to start addressing the global problem of climate change.

Asked about changes underway at the top tier of world politics, Medvedev told a news conference following the G20 summit in Pittsburgh the current trends were predicted by many a while ago.

“Indeed, the mono-polar world is collapsing. Everybody is becoming aware of this today. It is good that the understanding of this has developed in the United States, too,” Medvedev said.

“What will come of it? I believe there will emerge something better than what we have today. So the question is not about who will be leading what. If somebody, including the United States, gets more active in addressing climate change issues – then it’s just fine, because until just recently the United States showed no wish to deal with climate issues at all. Now it has demonstrated this intention.”

Medvedev believes this is “excellent, because, as you may know, no single country can make decisions regarding climate issues on its own.”

“We have long formulated our position. If all countries fail to come to terms when the Kyoto Protocol expires, then we shall stay out of it, too. When it comes to climate, the question is to be put this way – either everybody or nobody,” Medvedev said. “That countries are becoming more cooperative is very good. It’s excellent. That’s even better than the mono-polar world, in which nobody cares about what the other is saying. There is one boss, and everybody caters to the superior’s likes. Let’s learn to listen to each other first.”

Medvedev says Russia ready to slash nuclear weapons delivery vehicles

24.09.2009, 19.03

UNITED NATIONS, September 24, 2009, (Itar-Tass) -

Russia is ready for slashing the carrier vehicles of nuclear armaments by more than 67% and it is discussing an opportunity for this with the U.S., Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday as he addressed a summit conference of the heads of state and goverment of the UN Security Council's five permanent members.

He recalled that Russia and the U.S. had already slashed their arsenals of strategic offensive arms.

"Russia has always been a reliable and predictable partner in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament," Medvedev said. "We've done an unprecedented cut in strategic offensive armaments in the framework of the START treaty."

"We've said more than once -- and I reiterate it again -- we're ready to move forward and to slash the number of nuclear weaponry carrier vehicles by a factor exceeding three," he said.

"This issue is at the conference table now and we're discussing it with our U.S. counterparts," Medvedev said.

"In line with our agreement with the U.S. President, we're ready to work together on all the challenges of nuclear proliferation and we hope all the countries concerned will also join this work," he said.

Medvedev calls for creating a new financial and economic model

24.09.2009, 03.35

UNITED NATIONS, September 24, 2009, (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.