The UN has no solutions; it just loves to spend money. Ken Adelman is disgusted:
The Jo’burg “World Summit” is attracting 60,000 people – the biggest ever. Plus it’s located in the furthest spot for a major conference, costing yet more in transportation fees for most participants.
Millions of dollars spent on the wealthy traveling to a neat tourist spot to produce multi-lingual speeches and documents about the poor. This U.N. conference has a budget of an exorbitant $55 million. The South African government, plagued by widespread poverty among blacks, will contribute $20 million.
Instead of the 60,000 jetting to South Africa for another round of U.N. speeches and declarations, just imagine how many poor Africans could be helped by $55 million spent on real programs to raise levels to $2 per day.
You sure can’t help these people by talking and wringing your hands over them.