SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki warned on Tuesday that the world should not focus so much on its anti-terrorism campaign as to forget about other crucial issues such as poverty. Mbeki, who arrived in Tokyo on a three-day visit, said in a speech at the United Nations University in Tokyo that the world “has spoken with one voice” against the September 11 terror attacks in the United States. He added, however: “We … have to ensure that there is no possibility of these attacks creating negative consequences, whereby the development issues that we have been grappling with for decades, are sidelined to the margins of the global agenda.” The countries of the world must “simultaneously deal decisively with terrorism and effectively address and defeat poverty and underdevelopment,” according to the speech partially carried by the Kyodo news agency. – AFP