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Article: RETHINKING THE UNITED NATIONS' MISSION.(an argument for international economic relations as a key tool in fighting world poverty)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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TWENTY PERCENT of the world's population--1,200,000,000 people--live in abject poverty, without adequate food, water, sanitation, health care, or education for their children. Yet, this is a time of a growing abundance of knowledge, technology, and capital which is generating more wealth and material plenty. It is possible to remove extreme poverty from the human condition. It is no longer a dream for the distant future; it is achievable in our generation if we can generate the political will. To do that, we need to focus on systematic poverty reduction in developing-nation governments, the United Nations system, international financial institutions, and Organization for ...