Monrovia – Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Dee-Maxwell S. Kemayan, has vowed to justify the confidence President George Weah has reposed in him (Kemayan) by sending him to the UN.
Report by Edwin G. Genoway, Jr., [email protected]
Mr. Kemayan, who is also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary accredited to Cuba with oversight on Brazil, assured the President that the confidence he reposed in him will be justified; adding: “As we embark on our journey to represent our country abroad, we do so with an unending practical commitment to continue to pursue the path of promoting the policy and vision of the government.”
Speaking after he had been commissioned at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Kemayan said he will do all he can to continue to strengthen relationship with Liberia’s allies.
He also vowed to consider as friends to Liberia the friends of Liberia’s allies.
He further assured the President that he is cognizant of the interests of Liberia and that of its allies and promised to represent the nation abroad “uncompromisingly.”
“You can rest assure of that, our allies are our friends and the friends of our allies will continue to be our friends. We will continue to employ our skills, including consultation, coordination before coming to decision making,” he promised.
He also commended the Liberian Senate for seeing the wisdom of confirming him Liberia Permanent Representative to the UN.
“We want to also assure Members of the Senate, that through the Co-chair on Foreign Affairs Committee and his colleagues that we will prove the Senate right as we will prove the President’s judgement right in selecting us,” he noted.
He used the occasion to praise the Liberian leader for reposing confidence in the people of Lofa County and appointing people from the county in the government.
According to him, he didn’t attempt naming the number of persons, who hail from the county that the President has appointed in his administration as he (the President) had other engagements because the list is very long.
He added: “We are grateful,” he said.
Speaking earlier, President Weah said he trusts the ability of Kemayan to deliver.
“Our government has reposed confidence in you not because we are friends. For the short time you have worked with us, you have shown diligence, and represented us. This confidence reposed in you is because of what you brought on the table,” the President told Kemayan.
According to the President, Liberia’s partners are “happy” with the appointment of Kemayan and are willing to work with him as the Ambassador.
“We are happy that the partners were happy to work with you for the short time you worked at the Foreign Ministry. So, I thought that you will represent us well and I want to wish you well as you go to represent us at the UN and Cuba,” he said.
The Liberian leader, however, reminded Ambassador Kemayan that Liberia is a sovereign nation that has its own allies.
He encouraged Kemayan to see the friends of Liberia’s allies as Liberia’s friends as well.