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What should we do about AIDS in Africa? The HIV/AIDS policy director for Christian Aid says that the $1-2bn that the UN may have to spend on the issue should be spent on research and most of all on basic infrastructure rather than expensive drugs (even if they’re at a discount). The bad news is that she estimates the cost of rebuilding Africa’s health and education infrastructure at $100bn. Of course if OECD countries gave 0.7% of their GDP for overseas aid as they pledged 30 years ago this wouldn’t be a problem…
… and after reading that you might want some light relief. Turns out there are a pair of towns in Utah which are thinking of creating a United Nations-free zone. They “would ban aiding the organization with town funds, displaying any U.N. symbols on town property and prohibit the “involuntary servitude” of any resident in U.N. peacekeeping activities.”
