The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.
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The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.
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Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security.
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Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.
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Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.
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We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.
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We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.
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We need new partnerships for peace and security.
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This is not bad, but the pace of globalisation has surpassed the capacity of the system to adjust to new realities of a more interdependent and integrated world.