UN General Assembly
2009

There is a lot of support for change outside this building. No one really wants to carry on being split up into developed or developing nations any more, or as first, second or third worlds. They want us to be in one world, in one situation, sharing its problems and being part of any solution. That is the message many of us got after the first Group of 20 (G-20) meeting, back in April of this year. It seemed to give us a real choice — either to keep on doing things the way we have always done since 1946 or to change directions and all work together, big and small, regardless of background, culture or faith, and find a new way into the twenty-first century. This week’s G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh sent out the same message, and it was good to hear. It is only a soft message and a small change. The big decisions are still being made for us, and not with us. But at least it