Stressing that the international community must remain committed to its stated goal of eradicating poverty, he warned that if the global financial crisis leads to a reduction in foreign aid to developing countries, it would be "disastrous".
Ukazujući kako međunarodna zajednica mora ostati predana svojem zacrtanom cilju iskorjenjivanja siromaštva, upozorio je kako bi, ukoliko globalna financijska kriza dovede do smanjenja strane pomoći zemljama u razvitku, to bilo "katastrofalno".