Throughout her travels she kept a diary, full of prayers and "declarations about the poor, how I have to help them or someone has to".
"This is a declaration that small and poor countries don't matter, that international civil society doesn't matter, and that serious limits on carbon don't matter.
Saturday's nutrition summit, co-hosted by the UK, Brazil and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), is expected to see financial pledges from rich governments and declarations of commitments from poor countries.
He is facing court charges of fraud, corruption and tax evasion, and has been criticised for a lavish lifestyle – wearing Louis Vuitton shoes and driving a Mercedes-Benz on the campaign trial – that is at odds with his pro-poor declarations.
Dr. Blix pronounced the 12,200-page declaration, rich in volume, but poor in information and practically devoid of new evidence.
(One thinks of the beer garden scene in the film version of "Cabaret".) There is, for the most part, an awkward distance between performers and their roles here that never matches Peter's second-act declaration that "we were so poor, we let ourselves get drunk on him".
They have said that the new round will focus on the interests of the world's poorest countries, but India and other poorer countries condemned a draft declaration as containing little of interest to them.
The second would make several poor business moves, including his declarations that he was a Yankees fan.
Andy Atkins, executive director of Friends of the Earth, was equally enraged: "This toothless declaration condemns millions of the world's poorest people to hunger, suffering and loss of life as climate change accelerates.
It is because we love our neighbors and are committed to caring for the poor that we issued this moral declaration and spoke out on these pressing social issues.
