Thanked international community for help in midst of floods and afterwards. It is essential to eliminate the causes of armed conflict. We will not be forgiven, and we should not be forgiven if we fail to fulfil this promise, if we fail to share this prosperity with the neediest among us. Mr. Alberto Fujimori, President of the Republic of Peru Securing economic resources to conquer poverty is the most important goal of this Summit. Peace cannot be built without the progressive reduction and eventual elimination of poverty.
Poverty is a blatant form of social injustice.
It invites oppression just as oppression perpetuates it. When one is not free from want, he cannot be free from fear. All the progress has not resulted in the reduction of human selfishness. UN has an important role to play. UN must adapt, equip itself, to deal with perennial problems of insecurity and under-development.