"Historic" to some, "outrageous" to others.
The outcome document from the UN summit, formally adopted at the end of three days of talks, is a diverse piece of work...
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ... described the document as being "conceived in darkness and brought forth from the shadows".
He said his country's concerns were ignored in the intensive three-week negotiations held immediately before the summit...
Reviewing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on poverty alleviation, health, education and the environment in the poorest corners of the world had been the original point of this summit.
But it was always unlikely that powerful countries would allow such a gathering to be used solely for issues of poverty and development.
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Hama Amadou, who as prime minister of Niger runs one of the world's poorest nations, was dismissive.
"A few years ago, developed countries made some promises; but since then, very few concrete actions were implemented," he told the BBC.
"We have heard many nice speeches and nice resolutions, but we remain deeply sceptical. Now is the time for action, not nice speeches."
Geldof, too was unhappy. "On trade, the document is very disappointing," he said, "It's clawed back what we did at (the G8 summit in) Gleneagles."
... US President George Bush won general approval for his statement that "the United States is ready to eliminate all tariffs, subsidies and other barriers to the free flow of goods and services as long as other nations do the same" - an apparent reference to the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.
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At the instigation of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, the UN Security Council also passed a resolution here condemning terrorism "in all its forms".
"The resolution will have no impact at all," said Kumi Naidoo, a former activist with the African National Congress (ANC) who now chairs the civil society organisation Civicus.
"There is no definition of terrorism; and there is still the reality that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter."
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On nuclear proliferation, Mr Annan urged nuclear-weapon states to further reduce their arsenals of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The summit's verdict: no mention of the issue.
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On crimes against humanity ... The summit's verdict was that the international community has the responsibility to help protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
"This commitment is as clear as it is historic," said Nicola Reindorp, head of Oxfam in New York.
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On human rights, Mr Annan recommended that the UN Commission on Human Rights should be replaced by a smaller standing Human Rights Council whose members would be elected directly by the General Assembly ... some countries object to a move which they believe is designed to exclude them from the UN's human rights hierarchy.
"We can see in advance that there is a real monopoly, a dictatorial control," said Mr Chavez
[.. numerous other issues, including reform of the Security Council were raised .. ]
As for the Millennium Goals themselves - the original purpose of all this - progress is patchy, with sub-Saharan Africa in particular lagging behind, and it is not at all clear that these three days of discussions have produced anything concrete to change that.
