The World Summit for Social Devel-
opment offers a fresh opportunity for the international community to shift its empha- sis from the first pillar of territorial security in the past 50 years to the second pillar of human security in the next 50 years. In light of the analysis here, the Summit might wish to consider the following:
• Endorsing the concept of human secu- rity as the key challenge for the 21 st century. • Calling on people to make their full con- tribution to global human security and to
bind together in solidarity.
• Requesting national governments in rich and poor countries to adopt policy mea- sures for human security. They should enpoverty, social injustice and environmental degradation-and back these efforts up through preventive development initia- tives.