United Nations Radio

We will finish in Mexico next year what we started in Copenhagen, the UN General Assembly President, Ali Trekki, told reporters on Tuesday at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Ali Trekki

Ali Trekki says he personally was not expecting any binding legal document to come out of the Copenhagen meeting, and that people should be realistic.

The Assembly President did not attend the Climate meeting, but he did get feedback from countries represented at the General Assembly, and acknowledges that some were not happy at all with the proceedings and the outcome.

"The majority of countries, they are not happy with the outcome of Copenhagen. There are a lot of complaints that some countries have not been dealt with carefully. Other countries they believe it was not democratic, other groups they believe that the matter has been out of the hand of the UN and they would also like that the UN take over this problem again."

Trekki believes the conclusion of the meeting is positive and is pleased that the majority of countries are willing to do all they can to save the world and reach a binding decision.

He also outlines some key achievements by the United Nations in 2009, including the Climate Talks, the Food Security Summit in Rome and the South-South Cooperation High Level meeting in Nairobi.

The Millenium Development Goals, the Security Council reform, peace and security issues and the five year review process of the Human Rights Council, he adds, are high on his list for 2010.

Jocelyne Sambira, UN Radio.

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