While he was frustrated by the international community's inability — at a time when its technical, financial and human resources were greater than ever before — to lift a large part of the world out of poverty, poverty that was made worse by the combined effect of climate change and the food crisis, he was also confident that the political will existed to fully grasp the challenges faced and take the qualitative leap forward required to meet them.
Aunque expresa su frustración por la incapacidad de la comunidad internacional —en un momento en que sus recursos técnicos, financieros y humanos son más fuertes que nunca— para sacar de la pobreza a una gran parte del mundo, pobreza que se ha visto agravada por el efecto combinado del cambio climático y la crisis alimentaria, confía en que existe la voluntad política de asumir los desafíos planteados y dar el salto cualitativo necesario para afrontarlos.