ABSTRACT
‘Ultimately, global society will be judged on how well – or how poorly – it treats its weakest and most disadvantaged. With one-tenth of humanity living at the margin of survival, our record is not one that can be celebrated. We must change it. We must act collectively and decisively to bring about this change’ – Kofi Annan, Address to the Eighth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, New York, 28 September 1998
