Following that is sustaining our future, which deals with coping with climate change and other environmental aspects as well. And finally renewing the United Nations, so as to make it more effective for the twenty-first century. This message is repeated again towards the end of the report. The Secretary-General identifies four areas for consideration by the Summit. How to tackle poverty is laid out in more detail in the report itself.
Environment is a central issue here.
It is also mentioned in the report that the perspective of human security should also be injected, which is in line with our thinking. In conclusion, we welcome the report and hope that it will provide a very important impetus as we move into the final stage of preparing for the Millennium Summit. My next announcement relates to the visit to the Middle East by Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma, which I commented on last week. As a matter of fact, due to the political situation in Japan, Senior State Secretary Azuma had to cut short his visit. He had talks with Israeli officials, and also with President Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority.