Address at the Second Graduation Ceremony at EASMI

"I vividly recall the formidable challenges that I had to confront when, while serving as my country's Permanent Representative at the United Nations, I enrolled and completed my graduate studies at Columbia University, The fact remains, however, that education is a continuing process and the importance of recognizing this is particularly relevant today as our peoples and societies have to grapple with the challenges of globalization. We must therefore discard the fallacy that when we reach top positions we should be contented and think that we know everything hence need not go back to school or take steps to update and enhance our knowledge." - Dr. Salim, November 22, 2003