UN General Assembly
2012

measure the complex dynamics of human development. What is needed is for us to work together to overcome exclusion, not to prolong poverty and extreme poverty indefinitely. The Dominican Republic reiterates its firm commitment to peace, tolerance and international coexistence as well as to democracy and freedom as basic components for development. We hope that sustainable development will enrich the daily lives of individuals, families, communities and countries and will preserve our natural resources. Peace, the abolishment of social inequality, environmental sustainability and the sustained growth of our capacity to produce the goods and services required by our peoples go hand-in-hand, and they are the very core of development.