SG/SM/8356-AFR/466-ENV/DEV/691
WORLD SUMMIT MUST SET HUMANKIND ON NEW PATH TO ENSURE SECURITY, SURVIVAL OF PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS
03/09/2002
| Press Release SG/SM/8356 AFR/466 ENV/DEV/691 |
WORLD SUMMIT MUST SET HUMANKIND ON NEW PATH TO ENSURE SECURITY,
SURVIVAL OF PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS
Following is the text by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a plaque at the “Cradle of Humankind”, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, 1 September:
The lives our distant ancestors led here millions of years ago hold a clear lesson for us today. While their footprints on nature were small, ours have become dangerously large. The World Summit on Sustainable Development of 2002 must set humankind on a new path that will ensure the security and survival of the planet for succeeding generations.
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