A Correspondent:
New York: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel suite on Friday held a meeting with different former global leaders and officials of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), named af-ter the renowned 11th-century Persian poet.
The high-profile group included: Borut Pahor, former President of Slovenia, Boris Tadic, former Presi-dent of Serbia, Egils Levits, former President of Latvia, Charles Michel, President Emeritus of the Eu-ropean Council and former Prime Minister of Belgium, George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece, Rosen Plevneliev and Petar Stoyanov, former Presidents of Bulgaria, Ivo Josipovic, former President of Croatia, Mladen Ivanic, former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former President of Mauritius
Also in attendance were a former secretary general of Commonwealth, a former deputy Prime Minister of Georgia, four former Presidents of the UN General Assembly, several former foreign ministers, Is-mail Serageldin, former Vice President of the World Bank and NGIC co-chair, Kerry Kennedy, Presi-dent of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and senior representatives from the IAEA and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
Professor Yunus called upon the international community to support the country’s upcoming general elections, scheduled for February next year. “We need your guidance,” Professor Yunus concluded, say-ing, “Your advice, support, and moral strength will be invaluable.”
