Let us begin with what all of us know to be true. Nothing is done until it is done. At the conclusion of a successful Conference we should have come to a determination as to what is to be done. It was my sense at the conclusion of our get-together at Swakopmund that we knew what it is that we needed to do. However, the fact that we knew what needed to be done did not mean that what we planned to do was therefore done.
Nothing is done until it is done.
What we planned to do as a result of the successful interaction at Swakopmund would remain not done until it was done. To lighten somewhat what has been a heavy day, I would like you to enjoy some poetry. Since you are all educated people, you will be familiar with the Russian and Soviet poet, Vladimir Mayakovsky. The umptleth staircase. The first Conference we should abolish is this one.