Saturday, January 29, 2005

World Economic Forum (WEF)

An interesting panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland:

The G8 and Africa: Rhetoric or Action?

In case you don't have the time to go through the entire 27min video, here are the locations of some important moments in the video.

12:00 min - Bill Gates

"..take the example of things that are working and really get that story out, prove that the money can be very well spent and show the impact that it has.." - Gates

16:00 min - Bono

"I don't think 6,000 Africans dying everyday of a preventable disease like AIDS is a 'cause'. I think it's an emergency. And, I don't think 3,000 Africans dying from a mosquito bite is a cause. I think it's an emergency." - Bono

19:15 min - Bill Clinton

"The President just asked for $80bn for the Iraq war for a year. For a pittance of that we could double America's international assistance in all these areas." - Clinton

"Anybody who says we shouldn't do this because there is corruption or incompetence ought to be put into a closet and not listened to again." - Clinton

23:00 min Bono

"Paint those AIDS drugs red, white and blue if you have to but they are the best advertisements for our ingenuity, our science, our capability.. " - Bono

For more WEF webcasts, go here.

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