The UN and the Global Marketplace : Economic Developments

As the world embarks on a new millennium, many inequalities exist between people and between nations.

The gap between rich and poor seems to grow wider with each passing year.

Even those lucky enough to have all that they need fear that today's prosperity can not be sustained without poisoning the earth or robbing future generations of the resources and environmental diversity we now take for granted.As the world's foremost international governing body, the United Nations has an important role to play in assisting nations to rise out of poverty and ensuring a fair playing field for all in the arena of global trade and commerce.

The UN is also working hard to ensure that the prosperity of today is not achieved by sacrificing the future.