(2005-01-17) — A groundbreaking 3,000-word report commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan revealed today that the epidemic of global poverty could be eradicated “practically overnight” if wealthy nations would simply give large amounts of cash to the U.N.’s anti-poverty efforts.
“This research shows that the root cause of poverty is the absence of money,” said Mr. Annan. “Our experts tell us that if we give enough cash to poor people, then they become middle-income people. Naturally, the cash we give them should come from countries that now have too much cash.”
Mr. Annan immediately proposed a plan to distribute cash to poor people, with the United Nations serving as middleman and retaining “only the usual processing fee of no more than 65 percent.”
President Bush, when asked about the news by a White House reporter, said, “Which part of that are you calling ‘news’?”
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1 Murdoc Online // Jan 18, 2005 at 12:51 pm
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Report: World can end poverty by 2025 Every time I try to stand up for the UN at all, they muck up some disaster relief effort or publish a report like this. UP
2 No Illusions // Jan 20, 2005 at 7:28 am
Scrappleface provides apt summary of 3,000 page U.N. report
Although the report, produced by the Millennium Development Project, does contain some useful suggestions, the bulk of the recommendations is pretty well captured by Scrappleface:A groundbreaking 3,000-word report commissioned by United Nations Sec…