UN General Assembly
2014

Global security can be ensured only by States with strong and stable democratic institutions. The post- 2015 programme must be a priority. Global security can also not be guaranteed as long as inequalities in trade between nations and income inequality within nations persist. Inequalities are morally unacceptable and economically inefficient. Therefore, the struggle against inequality has always been an essential question and one that we must stop avoiding, if we want a more just, humane and prosperous world. That struggle must be central to the post-2015 programme. Observers are unanimous in saying that Africa, with its high rates of economic growth, is the continent of the twenty-first century. That is true, but only if our continent definitively emerges from the unequal trade situation and from the colonial pact that has always treated Africa as merely a reservoir of raw materials, often sold cheaply, as in the old days when slaves or vast territories were acquired in exchange for mirrors, pins, needles and other junk. The African continent will actually be the continent of the twenty-first