UN General Assembly
2008

competitors in the North. My country hopes that the outpouring of solidarity that underpinned the launching of the MDGs process will be revived in order to reduce inequalities, which worsen poverty and which are ultimately sources of tension, with unpredictable consequences. At any rate, Chad continues to be determined to do its utmost to improve the living conditions of its people within the framework of the MDGs. I would like to commend the efforts of our Organization in eradicating hotspots of tension that are major obstacles to the implementation of development goals. The Darfur crisis is an example of that, due to the burden that it has placed on Chad as a result of its economic, social and environmental repercussions. The presence in eastern Chad of 290,000 Sudanese refugees and 180,000 displaced Chadians is a matter of major concern, for both Chad and for the international community. We welcome the international community’s unprecedented mobilization in that regard. Nevertheless, the fate of the host populations should be given greater attention, in order to restore