“ Extreme poverty is an affront to humanity, ” said the vice president of Brazil. The prime minister of Great Britain went even further when he said: “There is a dismal record of failure in Africa on the part of the developed world that shocks and shames our civilization. ”
संयुक्‍त राष्ट्रसंघाचे मुख्य सचिव कोफी अॅनन यांनी ८ सप्टेंबर, २००० रोजी जगातल्या सर्वात प्रभावशाली स्त्रीपुरुषांना उद्देशून हे विधान केले.