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"Mr President, we live in a world characterised by great material wealth, but the wealth is unevenly distributed. At present, more than three billion people are trying to survive on less than two dollars per day. Eradicating poverty is a moral imperative, but it is also an issue directly linked to our common security. We live in a world in which countries and people are increasingly interdependent, which is more divided and in which there is greater danger of tensions, large-scale migration, damage to the natural environment and increased crime. All this can of course also be linked to desperate acts that can lead, for example to terrorism.
It is against this background that we must view not only the forthcoming conference in Monterrey, but also this autumn’s world summit in Johannesburg. On both occasions, rich and poor countries will have an opportunity to agree upon a long-term plan to eradicate poverty step by step. The rich nations must offer increased support. The poor nations must determine their priorities when it comes to work on combating poverty, greater respect for democracy and human rights and a more vigorous fight against corruption etc.
I think the consensus document referred to here today is weak. No amount of fine words and eloquent rhetoric can eradicate poverty. The spirit of this resolution is therefore that the EU should make every conceivable effort in Monterrey to ensure that specific pledges are made on increased cooperation and transfers of resources, debt cancellation and generally increased aid in a range of areas. One particular issue is that of work designed to increase the production of the global, or ‘public’, goods to which Commissioner Nielson refers, that is to say efforts to protect the climate, combat deforestation and develop vaccines and medicines to combat infectious diseases etc.
Through this resolution, we are sending a clear signal to the Commission, to the governments of our Member States and to the international community that, as parliamentarians, we take these issues extremely seriously and desire more than merely words in Monterrey. We want to see practical results."@en1
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