And, South Africa is acting as host to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
At the time of Rio this was all just a dream.
As you prepare to travel to Johannesburg, we all know that people can change and that it is possible to change the lives of the poor. We also must believe that it is possible for us to live in harmony with nature.
A global partnership for sustainable development and for the eradication of poverty is within reach. Genuine human solidarity is both possible and necessary.
On behalf of the people of Johannesburg and South Africans in general, I invite leaders of the world and representatives of people from all walks of life to join us in the pursuit of this agenda of hope. Let us decide on a programme to change the lives of People, to protect the Planet and to build Prosperity.
Human society disposes of the means and the know-how to achieve these goals. Nobody can truthfully argue that the global community of nations is too poor to defeat global poverty.
At the time of Rio this was all just a dream.
As you prepare to travel to Johannesburg, we all know that people can change and that it is possible to change the lives of the poor. We also must believe that it is possible for us to live in harmony with nature.
A global partnership for sustainable development and for the eradication of poverty is within reach. Genuine human solidarity is both possible and necessary.
On behalf of the people of Johannesburg and South Africans in general, I invite leaders of the world and representatives of people from all walks of life to join us in the pursuit of this agenda of hope. Let us decide on a programme to change the lives of People, to protect the Planet and to build Prosperity.
Human society disposes of the means and the know-how to achieve these goals. Nobody can truthfully argue that the global community of nations is too poor to defeat global poverty.