What can the U.N. do about global poverty and other ills?

Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, speaks during a meetingthe Millennium Development Goals Summit at United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig

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