UN General Assembly
2013

self-determination, for example, the role of the United Nations and the Security Council should be promoted. The international community expects the major Powers to set an example for others in peacebuilding. The Security Council should be the fulcrum in building consensus for driving all nations to join hands in preserving peace. The deadly hand of war, conflict, terrorism and violence lies in wait to take the lives of hundreds, thousands or even millions of innocent people. Let us not offer war a hand or look away. Let us stop it. I share the Secretary-General’s view that the Millennium Development Goals are our most successful endeavour against hunger and poverty to date, but let us not forget that close to 40 per cent of global wealth rests in the hands of no more than 1 per cent of the world’s population. The gap between rich and poor continues to widen. Over 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty. Hundreds of millions of people, especially children, continue to be hungry and food insecure,