UN General Assembly
2005

Powers dedicated themselves to amassing wealth by exploiting the riches of poorer, weaker nations. Widespread poverty is not good for poor nations, and even less so for rich nations. As all know, poverty leads to despair, violence and chaos. That, in turn, produces unbearable social and political tensions and the outbreak of conflicts, leading to failed States. When a State fails, the conflict raging within spills over into regional conflicts or prompts endless, unstoppable waves of migrants. In today’s world, a failed State eventually becomes an issue before the United Nations, requiring attention and solutions. 5 When one has examined how that chain of events works, it becomes clear that achieving the Millennium Development Goals is crucial. Allow me to underline the following. It is alarming that in 2015, the year in which the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved, the production of oil — the fuel that enabled the world to achieve spectacular growth over the past 100 years — is projected to begin to decline dangerously. To foresee