SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1992
TRANSCRIPT OF THE
CONCLUDING ADDRESS BY
HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE BUSINESS LEADERS FORUM
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THIS
THE TROUBLE IS, WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME THAT HAS TO DO THIS? IS THE PROBLEM, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY PARTICULAR STRANDS THAT HAVE TO BE DRAWN TOGETHER. BUT I PROMISE YOU I WON'T TAKE VERY LONG
WANTS TO I'M SURE EVERYBODY
GO AND HAVE LUNCH, RELATIVELY STIFF DRINK, AFTER HAVING BEEN LOCKED IN THIS ALL MORNING.
OR
AT
BECAUSE LEAST SPORTS-HALL
A
ILLUSTRATE
PARTICIPANTS,
THOSE
BUT I DID PARTICULARLY WANT то THANK
WHO'VE SO KINDLY COME HERE FROM
ALL
THE
MILES
AWAY
ΤΟ
AND
SOME
OF
THE
PEOPLE'S
OF
LIVING IN OUT WHAT GATHERING
ILLUSTRATE
NEAR AT HAND ΤΟ SOME INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF WHAT CAN BE DONE, THAT ARE BEING DONE ALREADY,
OFTEN UNKNOWN TO SO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE OUR OWN PARTICULAR FURROW AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OTHER
SO I HOPE THIS KIND FURROWS CONTAIN. HELPS THAT PROCESS OF FINDING OUT AND BECOMING MORE AWARE.
THE
SO
IF
WHAT
I'M
EXCELLENCY ALSO PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO HIS GOVERNOR FOR HAVING AGREED TO SPEAK, SO ELOQUENTLY, AND I THOUGHT ENCOURAGINGLY, ABOUT THE KIND OF DIRECTION WHICH NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE OF ENSURING THAT THE FOLLOW-UP TO
IS CARRIED TOOK PLACE IN RIO DE JANEIRO EARLIER THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY
OFTEN OUT IN A SENSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. IT DOES SEEM TO ME SO
YOU HAVE UNITED THAT YOU HAVE THESE SORT OF EVENTS, FREQUENTLY
ALL VERY WELL NATIONS YEARS OF THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER
EVERYTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE
EVERYBODY GETS WORLD IN FRIGHTFULLY EXCITED AND COMMITTEES ARE FORMED ALL OVER THE
COUNTRIES. DIFFERENT
BUT THEN AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, SO OFTEN, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS FROM THEN ON. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE REALLY CRUCIAL PART ABOUT RIO AND ITS GATHERING THERE, IS HOW TO BUILD ON THE VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS THAT WERE MADE THERE.
DURING THAT
+
AND IT'S AND YEAR
IS
WHICH
THIS BOTH FAR MORE CHALLENGE,
AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF ALL, OF COURSE, ONE OF HOW TO CREATE THE KIND OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND ALSO JONATHAN PORRITT, ELOQUENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY THAN I EVER CAN. BUT IT IS A AND I THINK THE TROUBLE IS THAT WE'RE SO ASSAULTED NOWADAYS BY JARGON OF EVERY KIND, THAT IT SOMETIMES OBSCURES THE REAL POINT OF THIS WHOLE
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO EXERCISE, CERTAINLY AS FAR AS I SEE IT. DIFFICULT FOR US MOST PEOPLE NOW ARE URBAN-MINDED.
DEVELOPING
MORE
COUNTRIES, AREAS. AN IN
URBAN MORE IMPORTANT
THERE ARE STILL, IN SO-CALLED OBVIOUSLY, A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN RURAL THE DIFFICULTY, IT SEEMS TO ME, IS WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ENVIRONMENT YOU TEND TO LOSE TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN LIFE WHICH I THINK HAVE ALWAYS TENDED TO REMIND PEOPLE THE NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN JUST TODAY, IN AND REALLY, I THE CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US. BOILS DOWN TO HAVING A DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY AND, FROM VARIOUS OF VIEW, HUMILITY, TO APPRECIATE WHAT ACTUALLY IS REQUIRED.
OF
TERMS OF THINK IT POINTS
/I ALSO