“I am confident that we can work together in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a more secure world during the next four years,” read the letter from the President. “I look forward to working with you in that effort.”
The Director-General sent his letter of congratulations on 6 November 2008 in which he noted the President-elect’s message calling for global cooperation for peace and progress, which “embodies the spirit of multilateralism in the effort to rid the world of chemical weapons.”