UN General Assembly
1993

societies’ meagre resources will yield greater productivity. Demand will grow, which will make it possible for our societies to forge ahead. But in Bolivia participation is not a mere word. For the first time in 500 years, a man has emerged from an indigenous ethnic group to become Acting President of our country. To the Bolivian people Victor Hugo Cárdenas is not only an Aimara Indian, a person from the countryside, but a great professional and outstanding intellectual. He typifies our desire that all of our citizens take part in our society. We want to do away with age-old injustices. We want to bring about change - to bring people in, not keep them out. We want to create unity while respecting the diversity of opinion not only on ecology and the environment but also on cultural, geographical and racial problems. We believe that this determination to include - not exclude -people is helping build a society in which there is change with order, and order with change. And although we