The priority for Africa and the international community must be to ensure that the continent weathers the global financial storm, preserves the significant achievements of the past decade, and continues to make decisive progress in combating poverty. This is not the time to take a break from efforts to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.
非洲和国际社会的当务之急就是确保非洲大陆可以挺过全球金融风暴，保持过去十年中取得的巨大成就，并且继续在消除贫困上做出决定性进展。现在并不是可以在实现联合国千年发展目标上松气的时候。