I said earlier that our response to the challenges of population and development will be a test of our humanity. That will be because our policies and strategies will be a practical demonstration of how fair and how compassionate we have become - in sharing not only our wealth or resources, but also the rights, privileges and responsibilities of decision-making - with women, the poor the other marginalized sectors of our societies.

May this meeting be another milestone on a long road that has already passed through Cairo, Beijing and Copenhagen, a road to the future, to the growth and the good of all.

Thank you all, and as we say here, a long life - MABUHAY!