The new government needs to convince the middle class to accept a cutback in energy subsidies, which now consume 30 of public expenditures, and ensure better regulation of competition and democratization of credit. It needs to protect the poor and provide them with security and broader access to state services, and to convince them that reforms will work to their advantage.

The Preparatory Committee will meet in New York this May, and this is where the necessary decisions should be made. The main expectations are for a reduction of nuclear armaments, a cutback in the number of launch ready warheads (de alerting), negotiations on a Fissile Materials Cut off Treaty, ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and other means of strengthening practical implementation of the Non Proliferation Treaty, especially its universal adoption.