Call to help poor as summit opens.SOUTH African president Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18 1942) is the current President of the Republic of South Africa.<ref name="gcis-profile2004" /> Early years Born and raised in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Mbeki is the son of Govan Mbeki (1910 yesterday called for more equality between rich and poor as he opened the Earth Summit in Johannesburg. He said the "savage principle of the survival of the fittest" had to end. And he added: "A global human society based on poverty for many and prosperity for a few, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable." His remarks came amid fears that wealthy nations could act to block demands for more direct aid and increased access to markets for Third World countries. |
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