JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The largest gathering of world leaders in history is ending this hour at the United Nations. The Millennium Summit focused on world problems such as war, poverty, disease, and pollution. After three days, just what, if anything, was accomplished? For that, we turn to CNN's senior U.N. correspondent, Richard Roth -- Richard.</s>RICHARD ROTH, CNN SR. U.N. CORRESPONDENT: Judy, for the first time, national leaders from 99 countries and 47 heads of government acknowledged that this world is interdependent, and the problems of the U.N. are crossing borders, affecting everyone. Africa remains in the forefront. And on the third day of the summit, Nigeria said, despite the good intentions of the U.N., this summit can't be called a success story yet.</s>PRES. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, NIGERIA: We must all feel deeply worried that the message of hope with this organization has been spreading is yet to reach the millions of humankind for whom it is intended.</s>ROTH: Yet South Africa's president called it a good summit, said he heard things from major Western powers he had never heard before.</s>PRES. THABO MBEKI, SOUTH AFRICA: Clearly, people have identified a number of problems which do really need to be attended to. One of these very important matter is the issue of poverty and underdevelopment.</s>ROTH: But there are critics. And one U.N. watcher said: This summit has no teeth.</s>DAVID RIEFF, U.N. ANALYST: This summit was an effort by the U.N. to reassert its centrality in world affairs, because everyone showed up and sort of danced a certain U.N. dance. And it was a kind of hollow show. I don't see any substance to what happened here.</s>ROTH: In a few hours, the U.N. leaders will issue the final Millennium declaration: a sort of cure-all for to world. Now, they just have to live up to it -- Judy.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, Richard Roth, reporting from New York.
U.N. Millennium Summit Comes to a Close