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We've Taken The View That If The Rest Of The World Would Democratize And Create Market Economies, That Would Spread The Benefits Of Prosperity Around The World, And That It Would Enhance Our Own Prosperity, And Our Own Stability And Security, As Well.

Every Morning Our Newspapers Could Read, 'more Than 20,000 People Perished Yesterday Of Extreme Poverty.' How? The Poor Die In Hospital Wards That Lack Drugs, In Villages That Lack Antimalarial Bed Nets, In Houses That Lack Safe Drinking Water. They Die Namelessly, Without Public Comment. Sadly, Sad Stories Rarely Get Written.

Without Restoring An Ethos Of Social Responsibility, There Can Be No Meaningful And Sustained Economic Recovery.

The Idea That Un Commitments Should Be Followed By Action Is Indeed A Radical One, Especially For The United States, Where Wilful Neglect Of Its Own Commitments Is The Rule.

The Essence Of Africa's Crisis Is Fundamentally Its Extreme Poverty And Therefore Its Inability To Mobilize Out Of Its Own Resources Even The Barest Of Minimum Resources To Address Any Of The Public Health Crises That Africa Faces.