Annan noted: “More children are born healthy and more are immunized; more can read and write; more are free to learn, play and simply live as children than would have been thought possible even a short decade ago. ”
მიუხედავად ამისა, ის გვაფრთხილებს: „ჩვენ არ უნდა დავჯერდეთ მხოლოდ წარსულის მიღწევებს“.