UN Millenium Development Goals summit underway

The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, said the problems associated with poverty need to be addressed in a connected way.

A three-day summit is underway at United Nations headquarters in New York aimed at doing more to advance the Millemnnium Goals that were set a decade ago.
Primarily the intention is to raise more money to eliminate extreme poverty and improve health care.
The summit was opened by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, who told world leaders that "the clock is ticking" and there's much to do.
The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, said the problems associated with poverty need to be addressed in a connected way.
"It's not enough to build health clinics if there are no roads for mothers to be in access to them," he said.
"It's not enought o train teachers or provide text books if children have to struggle with homework at night in the dark. We need to connect the dots." (From ABC News)