Monday, October 17, 2005

UN: 50 Cents per Person Could Wipe Out Poverty

PrensaLatina: The 2005 UN report on the State of the World Population released on Wednesday stated that the possibility to make poverty history hinges on this: there must be equal social, cultural, economic and political rights for all. The release of the UNPF study comes on the 60th Anniversary of the UN Charter that calls for equal rights for all human beings. The study highlights that gender equality reduces poverty and both saves and improve lives. If this became reality in the world, in 10 yrs 100s of millions of people would be able to get out of poverty, the lives of 30 million children and 2 million mothers would be saved, and the propagation of AIDS would be curbed. The world has a golden opportunity to wipe out poverty and the target can be reached by 2015 w/ $200 billion annually (50 cents for each person living in poverty), a sum much lower than the billion dollars spent for military expenses every yr.
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