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8 Steps of Millennium Development Goals
 * 1) eradicate poverty
 * 2) promote universal primary education
 * 3) create gender equality
 * 4) reduce child mortality
 * 5) improve maternal health
 * 6) reduce AIDS and other similar diseases
 * 7) help the environment
 * 8) create a global partnership

Tasks:
 * counter opinion:
 * too high of expectations
 * goals seem impossible
 * will be a failure to the UN
 * human rights
 * is poverty a breach of human rights?
 * the humans rights approach turns soft goals into obligations
 * conclusions
 * corporations, not governments rule
 * uncooperative governments (Myanmar and Sudan) make it impossible
 * eliminate discriminatory laws
 * poverty is a form of discrimination
 * freedom of association, speech and press
 * upgrade local law enforcement
 * create accountability and a transparent government
 * connect NGOs with bureaucracies
 * create community involvement