UN General Assembly
2010

When I stood on this platform in September last year, I addressed the issue of the threats that beset our world. Unfortunately, these threats are still present and have even increased and diversified, and we are not any closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, which we set for ourselves ten years ago during the Millennium Summit. We believe that the malfunction that our world suffers from is due, not to a lack of resources, but to mismanagement and lack of justice and equity. The global economic, financial and food crisis and the persistence of hunger, poverty and other challenges facing humanity today prompt us to rebuild our institutions and formulate our strategies to better respond to the challenges and crises facing the international community. The time has come to reformulate the global economic system in order for it to achieve justice and equal opportunities for all. Among the important international conferences and forums that Doha hosted this year was the World Economic Forum Global Redesign Summit, which resulted in many proposals for improving the existing