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UN report suggests War on Poverty solutions
| I know, we had this yesterday. But, coming on the heels of the oil for food program and the ongoing revelations of UN hands in the till, my breath's still taken away... |
 More than 500 million people can escape abject poverty if rich countries give more money to the UN double development aid over the next 10 years, according to a new UN-sponsored report. Some 265 experts who contributed to the plan said 250 million people would no longer suffer hunger and 30 million children could be saved if $195 billion was invested over the next decade. Published on Monday, the report suggests money be spent on both long-term projects and quick fixes, such as supplying mosquito bed nets and creating free school lunch programmes. These would enable countries to meet global goals to combat poverty, hunger and disease that all nations promised at a UN summit in 2000. "The goals are not utopian. They are eminently achievable," said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in accepting the report from Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University professor and lead author of the survey.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-18 |
