We must be innovative and resourceful in seeking new sources of financing to support the transition to sustainable development within the existing economic system. |
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Read more... [New souces of financing (3 September 1996)]
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Today the people and nations of the world are joined as never before in facing the greatest ever threat to their common security - the threat to the capacity of our planet to sustain life as we know it and the accompanying risks of economic, political and social breakdown. |
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Read more... [Our Responsibility to Future Generations (25 September 1996)]
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We live in a world that is wealthier than ever and the process of wealth creation is now increasing following a period of lull or even no growth in many countries. Despite this, the rich have never felt more poor and this is particularly manifested in the treatment of social and welfare programs at the national level and of the wealthier industrialized countries towards the developing countries. |
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Read more... [The process of wealth creation (1 September 1996)]
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Implicit in the concept of a global civil society is recognition of our allegiance to the entire human community. |
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Read more... [Movement for citizen action (20 June 1996)]
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Water and the environment are indivisible. The management of water resources is central to our environmental future. And the formidable challenges the developing countries face in managing their water resources will be critical to our prospects for a secure and sustainable future as well as to theirs. |
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Read more... [Managing precious water resources (26 June 1996)]
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An indispensable key to the UN's success in undertaking this role in leading and catalyzing action by the entire world community is for it to become the primary source of objective, credible information on major global trends and issues. |
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Read more... [The United Nations in the 21st Century (18 June 1996)]
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