Posted on 09/22/2010 7:45:40 AM PDT by goldendays
2:19pm UK, Wednesday September 22, 2010 Robert Nisbet, US correspondent Nick Clegg has defended the government's commitment to pouring millions into international aid, while cutting budgets and services back home. The deputy Prime Minister is in New York attending a three-day summit at the United Nations to assess whether the Millennium Development Goals are still on target.
Leaders from 192 countries set eight ambitious goals, including eradicating hunger and poverty, reducing child mortality rates and promoting gender equality.
They also agreed goals on maternal health and creating a global partnership for development by 2015. Mr Clegg will confirm in a speech later that the UK is one of the few EU countries close to achieving one of the main commitments - to direct( 0.7% )of the nation's gross national product to development causes.
All parties in Britain are clear about this, that in spite of austerity that we face (...) we will not balance the books on the backs of the poor people of the world.
Andrew Mitchell He told Sky News: "I am very proud of the fact that this coalition government is honouring those pledges, even though we are all struggling at home to deal with the fact that there is much less money to go around.
"It is not only the right thing to do, I also think it is actually in our self interest to do it.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
cuting some of social security, but give tax payers money to the world
>>Leaders from 192 countries set eight ambitious goals, including eradicating hunger and poverty, reducing child mortality rates and promoting gender equality........<<
as long as the USA taxpayer foots the bills.
Cameron/Clegg=disaster
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