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 da međunarodna zajednica mora da ostane posvećena svom navedenom cilju iskorenjivanja siromaštva, on je upozorio da bi bilo “katastrofalno” kada bi globalna finansijska kriza dovela do smanjenja strane pomoći zemljama u razvoju.