UN General Assembly
2010

While the right to development and freedom from want are central to the work of the United Nations, we have just ended the High-level Plenary Meeting to review our performance in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and agreed that more needs to be done to act on commitments already made by the international community in that regard. The people of Haiti have a story to tell about how best the international community can respond in unison and effectively to a nation in distress. A speedy and satisfactory conclusion of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization, which promised so much for the developing South, unfortunately remains a dream yet to be fulfilled. At the same time, the global economic crisis has highlighted the point that many of us have always made about the need to work for an international financial architecture that is sensitive to the development needs of the South. The contribution of the Group of 20 (G-20) is a welcome development in that regard, and we believe that the Group should complement and reinforce the