It is not good enough

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It is not good enough

• that 80 of the world's resources is still
  controlled by only 20 of its total population.
• that 115 million children did not go to school
  this morning
• that people still die of treatable diseases such
  as tuberculosis and malaria
• that there were one billion people living on
  less than 1 a day.
• HOW WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO SOLVE ANY OF THE ABOVE
  PROBLEMS?

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BROWN CALLS FOR ANTI-POVERTY WAR

• Monday, 16 February, 2004
• UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has warned that the
  developed world is failing in its promises to
  reduce global poverty and sickness.
• At a conference in London, he called on
  governments to give an extra 50bn in aid per
  year.
• Countries must open their markets to competition
  more quickly, cut protectionism and write off
  larger amounts of Third World debt.

HOW MUCH OF YOUR WAGES WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
GIVE TO AID POVERTY?
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The Millennium Development Goals

• Back in 2000, world leaders and governments
  agreed upon a number of targets aimed at halving
  poverty in developing nations, boosting the
  number of children in school and cutting the
  infant mortality rate.
• Mr Brown complained that the lack of progress on
  the so-called Millennium Development Goals during
  the past five years means the first target will
  be missed.
• More worrying, he said, was the prevailing air of
  apathy that means many of the goals are unlikely
  to be met within the next hundred years, let
  alone by the planned 2015.
• "And if we, knowing what we have to do, fail to
  act now, we will not only fail the poor this time
  but they will never believe our promises again.

WHAT ARE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS? WHY DO YOU
THINK THE FIRST TARGET IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MET?
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What the World Bank has to say

• The World Bank's Mr Wolfensohn gave his support
  to Mr. Browns plan, underling the fact that
  governments were often happy to allocate billions
  of dollars to their defence budgets but not to
  raising living standards around the world.
• The irony of that strategy, Mr Wolfensohn said,
  was that the best way to ensure a prosperous,
  stable and peaceful world was to improve the
  health, education and prospects of the poorest
  people.

DO YOU THINK OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPEND MORE
MONEY ON DEFENCE BUDGETS OR MORE MONEY ON AID?
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What the Developing world has to say

• Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said
  that "hunger in itself is a weapon of mass
  destruction," killing 24,000 people a day and 11
  children every minute.
• "Rich countries know full well that it is in
  their own self-interest to give a hand to those
  who are still far from achieving these goals."

WHAT DID THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT MEAN WHEN HE
SAID HUNGER IN ITSELF IS A WEAPON OF MASS
DESTRUCTION ?
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Negative images of the Developing World
WHAT IMAGES COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
DEVELOPING WORLD?
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YOUR VIEWS ON THE MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUES FACING THE
WORLD TODAY

• LIST THE MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUES FACING THE WORLD
  TODAY
• WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS?
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP?

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The United Nations Development goals

• United Nations summit in 2000, set an agenda for
  tackling some of the most urgent global problems
• ensure universal primary education and gender
  parity in primary and secondary schooling
• prevent a dangerous human influence on climate,
  conserve biodiversity, and halve the proportions
  of those without water and sanitation
• begin to reverse the spread of HIV/Aids and
  malaria, and cut by two-thirds the under-five
  mortality rate and by three-quarters the maternal
  mortality ratio
• halve the number of people suffering from hunger
  and the proportion living in poverty.

HOW WELL DO YOUR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
REFLECT THOSE OF THE UNITED NATIONS?
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