As UN Hosts Rio Beach Party, UN Official Declares Western Nations ‘Don’t Need More Cars, More TV, Whatever’
UN Development Programme head Helen Clark: 'So the issue is how to get human development that will see it continue to rise for the world's poorest people and people in developing countries. Because frankly human development in the West – we don't need more cars, more TV, whatever. Our needs are by and large satisfied, although the recession has put a lot of strains on that'