UN General Assembly
2002

written in the Bible, which contains God's words, that the only path to peace is justice. The resolute repudiation of terrorism must also be accompanied by an unreserved political resolve on the part of the leaders of the world to acknowledge, for example, that today's international economic system fuels a process in which the perverse doctrine of unbridled neoliberalism leads to greater poverty, inequality and despair among the poor peoples of our earth. For example, 17 people die of hunger every minute in the world. If we were to fulfil all the commitments undertaken to combat poverty, it would take us 130 years to eradicate it from the planet, according to figures cited in the most recent report of the United Nations Development Programme. The condemnation of terrorism must go hand in hand with a decision-making process that will make it possible to make greater headway in the war the war, I stress against poverty. For that reason, Venezuela has consistently advocated first at Monterrey and then, more recently, at Johannesburg that an international humanitarian fund should be