The sight of the ruins that were once open-air street markets, burned stores and overturned cars stirred anxieties, reminding people that instability still loomed close.
Once again the summer months will see large numbers of people fleeing instability in the Middle East and Africa trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
"We must not allow people to cause instability and bully their neighbours," he said.
They did so because masses of poor people create social instability and become breeding grounds for radical movements.
One of the biggest issues will be how to invigorate Arab economies and create jobs in the face of a large demographic bulge of unemployed young people and continuing instability.
The suicide bomb blast on Sunday at the gates of the United States administrators' compound in Baghdad, which killed at least 24 people, underscored the instability on the ground and reminded officials in New York that their people would probably be targets if they went back and associated themselves with the occupying forces.
Again, when you just look at the countries around us and people sense the instability there, the fact we can host these world-class events here in a very friendly and safe atmosphere, I think bodes well for the future not just for Jordan but for the region".
"The Brazilian economy has hurt us in the past," says Pluciennik. "Our business is very sensitive with any sign of economic instability, people start calling to disconnect.
As soon as you show that level of instability, people will question whether or not you're trustworthy and capable of keeping it together when it counts.
Furthermore, people with mood instability were likely to spend a significantly greater time in hospital (around 13 additional days within the first year following presentation).
