Just over ten years ago the world’s leaders established goals
and targets to free humanity from extreme poverty, hunger and disease. The Millennium declaration set global priorities
and allowed the world to focus their efforts.
I tend to be a cynic and am generally a half glass empty rather
than a half glass full type but credit where credit is due – progress has been
made, even in this financially taxing time.
Another example of what we can do when we work together is how the world tackled Smallpox. Existing since 10,000 BC this disease was a real killer - estimates vary but proably 500 million people paid with their lives. So when the world decided to eradicate this disease from the face of the earth it was no small task it set itself. But it was united, a rare thing indeed for the human race, and in 1979 it succeeded in wiping this dreadful scourge out. Speaks volumes about what this world can achieve when it sets its mind to it and acts as one!
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