[inaudible conversations] welcome. Im lela salisbury directyear 0 the university 0 press of mississippi. Im drilled to see you here this evening if want to give you a special thank you to the book friend 0 the mississippi of and think the book store. Theyre fantastic partners in book selling and were grateful for them as always. Really former governor mississippi Governor Haley barbour needs no intrusion, whan 0 who gets around on the world stage. Was talking several years ago to richard ford, fellow mississippian and novelist and was doing a teaching stint in dublin and was wandering around the campus, exploring his new setting, and opens the door to a lecture hall and thats haley barbour, lecturing on International Politics in ireland. So, governor with many, many talents. But i will say what may have been the most significant chapter for mississippi was governor barbour as a politician and Public Servant began ten years ago this week as the winds began gathering into what would beco
Theyre fantastic bookstores, and we are grateful for them as always. Former Governor Haley barbour needs no introduction. You are familiar with his many years of work in the Nations Capital and he gets around on the world stage. I was talking several years ago to richard ford, who at the time was doing teaching at Trinity College in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new setting and the opened the door to lecture hall and there is Haley Barbour lecturing on International Politics right there in ireland. A governor with many talents, what may have been the most significant chapter from mississippi was the politicians and Public Servants began ten years ago this week as the wind began gathering in to what would be the monster storm of Hurricane Katrina. Overs the next year, the governor, his wife, marsha, all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in uncharted territory so in this new book americas great storm leading through Hurricane Katr
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And the fact that there are a lot of rings that are grassroots that uses the innovative programs that roberta talks about and when we revisit the successes the people that built those are being pushed out. I wonder if this is an issue in new orleans. I think the answer very certainly is yes. Its the paradox of urban upgrades generally. You have an artist cadre. New york. C the art world discoverer so goes it did 50 years ago and turns it into suburbia and then moves on. The neighborhoods become increasingly expensive as the jackbooted fashion walks over them. We have seen that definitely new orleans. There is still however in new orleans a very long way to go. There are a lot of neighborhoods that would benefit from an infusion of money and new ideas and it would remain to be seen whether there was unaffected detection in place for the original population thats being forced out. There are nonprofits and there are philanthropic groups but certainly address those issues. There are Commun
Actually saw Great Potential right across the street to be honest with you, and it was only for the reason that the United Nations was here that that turned out to be such a successful project. So i want to thank you, Ambassador Hall haley for your introduce and stedfast american interests on the world stage. On behalf of the cohost countries i would like to also thank secretary general guterres for and you have been fantastic for joining us, and we affirm our commitment to the United Nations reform and reform is what were talking about. I applaud the secretary gentle for laying out a vision to reform the United Nations so that it better serves the people we all represent. We support your efforts to look across the entire system and to find ways the United Nations can better and be better at development, management, peace, and security. The United Nations was founded on truly noble goals. These include affirming the dignity and worth of the human person and striving for international p