Concord Times (Freetown)
Bhoyy Jalloh
16 May 2008
Freetown — Vietnam's representative to the UN Security Council (UNSC) Le Luong Minh has called on the UN, regional organizations and the international community to continue assisting Sierra Leone to overcome difficulties, promote socio-economic reconstruction and strengthen its international integration process.
At a UNSC meeting on Sierra Leone in New York on May 7, Ambassador Minh appreciated Sierra Leone's initial progress in the process of peace consolidation and socio-economic reconstruction.
This is reflected by the country's overall stable security situation, enhanced dialogue with countries of the Mano River Union to resolve issues of mutual interest, and comprehensive preparations for the July 5 local council elections, he said.
On March 11, we carried a story on the current spate of increased price variation that apparently deepened economic hardship in the country leaving President Ernest Bai Koroma to call for the immediate intervention of President George Walker Bush.
Pleading through the newly appointed ambassadors to the United States Bockarie Stevens at State House in Freetown, Koroma had beseeched the US President to also support the country meet all required benchmarks.
"We have been affected drastically by the current increase in prices of commodities in the world. So the US government should do something to support the democratic process in Sierra Leone," he implored.
However, the Vietnamese diplomat praised efforts by the Sierra Leonean Government to improve priority domains such as energy and water supply, transportation, employment, economic revival, and social services delivery.
He welcomed the continued cooperation between Sierra Leone and the Peacebuilding Commission and other development partners to implement the targets set in the Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework.
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