UN General Assembly
2004

to make the world a better place for humanity by 2015. So far, there is no indication that those objectives will be achieved in the next 2,000 years. What are the problems? Since the childrenís summit took place, we have seen the condition of the worldís children become more and more desperate. Children are being butchered throughout the world. Childrenís rights are being violated. Children are being sold into slavery, and they are being terrorized by adults ó we, who are supposed to take care of them. We have seen the economies of small States collapse as a result of rising oil prices. I come from a volatile part of the world, but I do not represent only Africa; I represent the young people of the world, whose future is very bleak if the status quo is not addressed. What are the problems of humanity today? They are man-made problems, and, because they are man- made, we will be able to resolve them. The solution to those problems lies with us, human beings ó