Development assistance has lagged far behind with a 6percent increase. As a result. most of the world is dangerous and destitutea place where poverty and injustice breeds hatred and buries hope. In the end. some stark facts speak for themselves: 450 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition. 600 million people have no jobs or are less than fully employed. 2 billion peoplehalf of the worldcannot find clean water to drink. 11 million babies die before their first birthday. and 8 million refugeesthe inevitable byproducts of 14 ongoing warshave been forced to flee their homes in order to save their lives. In the 5 minutes it has taken me to give this speech. 150 children have died for want of food or a simple vaccination. At the same time. $7.5 million has been spent for military purposes.
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