The new millennium brought with it a great vision and a great goal — to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Never before has humankind set itself such a daunting task, nor such a meaningful one.
Extreme poverty is the most challenging global issue. Our technical progress is mocked when men, women and c…
On behalf of the European Union, I have the honour to speak today in this meeting, which is a very important, unique and welcome opportunity to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity. It is also perhaps one of the last opportunities to exchange views before the Nagoya meeting, at which imp…
