I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.

The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.

We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.

Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.

Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.

We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.

We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.