UN General Assembly
1993

not barriers, but signposts leading to a break-up of longstanding prejudices and great divides. In this age when miracles are possible, when man has conquered space, let us dream of yet other miracles: that the 1.1 billion people living in extreme poverty will have their daily bread; that the slaughter of the innocents, the tens of thousands of children dying every day because of malnutrition and lack of adequate medicine, will stop; that the millions of refugees who wander from camp to camp, uprooted from their milieu, will return to their homes; that the billions and billions of dollars spent on weapons of destruction will be dedicated to hospital research to safeguard life; and that learning will be extended to all and that the dignity of work will be denied to none. These dreams of miracles can come true. They are not just dreams. The political will of the international community and the dedication of many people to this cause can turn dreams into reality. This is our agenda for peace. We can turn it into an agenda for peoples.