embassy events 2009

Barack Obama: A Time For Global Action

24 March 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama issued an op-ed on the urgent need for global economic cooperation on Monday, March 23.  The President’s address, urging U.S. partners to take action on remedying the global crisis situation, ran in more than thirty newspapers around the world.  “We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation,” he said.  “Now, the leaders of the Group of 20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery, but also launches a new era of economic engagement to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again.”  The President added the United States “will act boldly to lift the American economy out of crisis” and is ready to take on the leading role, promote global recovery and build confidence around the world by giving a good example. Please click here for the full-text version of President Obama’s op-ed.

The op-ed ran in the following papers:

1.           Al Watan (Gulf States)

2.          Arab Times (Gulf States)

3.          Asharq Al Awsat (Arab-wide paper in Arabic)

4.          The Australian (Australia)

5.          Baltimore Sun (United States)

6.          Bangkok Post (Thailand)

7.          Chicago Tribune (United States)

8.          Clarin (Argentina)

9.          Corriere della Sera (Italy)

10.         Die Welt (Germany)

11.         El Pais (Madrid)

12.         El Mercurio (Chile)

13.         Eleftyropiea (Greece)

14.         Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil)

15.         Gulf News (Gulf States)

16.         The Hindustan Times/ The Hindu (India)

17.         International Herald Tribune (London)

18.         Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark)

19.         Le Monde (Paris)

20.         Lidove Noviny (Czech)

21.         Los Angeles Times (United States)

22.         The News (Pakistan)

23.         NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands)

24.         Saudi Gazette (Saudi Arabia)

25.         South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

26.         Straits Times (Singapore)

27.         Sunday Times (South Africa)

28.         Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)

29.         Syndey Morning Herald (Australia)

30.         Wprost (Poland)

31.         Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)