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"Do not expect anything you do not work for", said Colin L. Powell, the 65th US Secretary of State during a lecture to the Kyiv School of Economics
On October
24, 2007, as part of the KSE Public Lectures project hosted by the Kyiv School
of Economics, Colin Powell, the 65th US Secretary of State gave a press
briefing and a lecture "Democracy and Global World Challenges". In his humorous
presentation littered with personal anecdotes, the former Secretary of State discussed
the confrontation between USA
and USSR
during the Cold War, from the beginning of Perestroika to the fall of the Iron
Curtain. He also expressed his view how to overcome challenges facing the world
while building a democratic and prosperous country and gave an evaluation of recent
changes in Ukraine stating
his hope that Ukraine
would steadily pursue its democratic and economic development.
The former
US Secretary of State
pointed out that the Ukraine
has enjoyed buoyant economic growth in the last two and a half years. "I
think that this growth will continue and I hope that your current situation
will soon clarify and that political development will catch up with the
economic development. There are people who are interested in Ukraine and in the talent of its
people and there are investment opportunities. However, they may only want to take
advantage of these opportunities if you have transparent legislation, an effective
judicial system and no corruption", - said Colin Powell.
Furthermore,
he believes that the government should take into consideration three major factors
underpinning successful development: economy, energy, and environment and to
provide for conditions promoting the economic growth of its citizens.
Speaking about Ukraine's development prospects,
Colin Powell said: "Do not expect anything you
do not work for". He also stressed that it would be
young people who would ensure liberalization of the country and make necessary
changes. In particular, as he was talking about the Kyiv School of Economics,
he pointed out: "KSE students are one of the forces that will move Ukraine forward
in the right direction".
In his address to the KSE students Colin Powell
emphasized: "Any resources and human talent that you have belong to the
nation. Always give back to your people and never forget where you learnt it. In his turn, Victor Pinchuk, honorary
president of the Kyiv School
of Economics thanked
Colin Powell and said to the young people attending: "I am glad that young
people, our future leaders, have a chance to gain valuable experience from the
very beginning. I hope you can take full advantage of these
lessons for you personally and for your country".
Over 350
people from all generations attended Colin Powell's lecture at the Kyiv School of Economics,
including KSE students, businessmen, politicians, and diplomats from Ukraine
and foreign countries.
Photo
report on Colin Powell's visit to Kyiv on October 24, 2007: http://pinchukfund.org/ru/media/photo-gallery/2007/513.html
EDITOR'S NOTE
General Colin L. Powel, the 65th United
States Secretary of State arrived in Ukraine on October 24, 2007. The purpose of Collin Powell's visit to
Ukraine was to participate in the KSE Public Lectures Project hosted by the Kiev
School of Economics (KSE) during which he gave a lecture entitled "Democracy
and Global World Challenges". The last time Colin Powell came to Ukraine
was in 2005 to visit the inauguration ceremony of President of Ukraine Victor
Yushchenko. General Colin L. Powell, USA
(Ret.) became the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. Before becoming
Secretary of State, Colin Powell served as a key aide to the Secretary of Defence
and as National Security Advisor to President Reagan. He also served 35 years
in the United States
Army, rising to the rank of Four-Star General and serving as Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989 - 1993).
The KSE Public Lectures are
organized on a regular basis by the Kyiv
School of Economics
for Ukraine's political and
business community, inviting world-known scientists, economists, politicians
and public figures to Ukraine.
The goal of these events is to enlarge the economic debates on the topics most
relevant for Ukraine
and the world at large. During the first
year KSE Public Lectures project arranged public lectures delivered by 2003
Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Robert Engle, Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Professor of
International Political Economy at the Johns Hopkins University, co-author of
"Microeconomics" Dr. Robert Pindyck, James Wolfensohn, the ninth
president of the World Bank Group. Furthermore, in January 2007, a round-table session
entitled "Economic prospects of space exploration for Ukraine and the
World" was held with Ukrainian-born US astronaut Heidemarie
Stefanyshyn-Pipper (NASA, USA), Henry Hertzfeld, Research Professor of Space
Policy and International Affairs at George Washington University, and others.
The
Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) was
established by the Economic Education and Research Consortium (EERC-
www.eerc.kiev.ua) and by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation (www.pinchukfund.org).
KSE helps to improve the economic, business, and policymaking environment of Ukraine
and its neighboring countries. It offers an internationally recognized
two-year, full time English language Master's Program with focus on Financial
Economics, Economic Policy and Economics of companies, consumers and the market
structure. The program is taught by international and Western-trained Ukrainian
teachers with a strong research background. The curriculum is modelled on the
best business and economics graduate programs in North America and Western Europe and provides students with unrivalled
access to economic literature and resources.
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