Mary Robinson Quotes - Page 5

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• The burden of health care shouldn't be borne by the poorest families. We should have equity within health systems so that families are able to cope with serious illness and not be driven into poverty and relationship breakdown because they don't have access to health care.

  Mary Robinson

  Should Have, Serious Illness, Care

  Source: www.who.int

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• Finance ministers must realize that the health budget can save them money if it's applied well.

  Mary Robinson

  Realizing, Finance, Ministers

  Source: www.who.int

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• Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came about because of the severity of the country's problems and the resulting high proportion of women in the parliament and among professional caregivers, which had a positive effect on policy.

  Mary Robinson

  Country, Population, Caregivers

  Source: www.who.int

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• There is a democratic deficit. In Latin America in particular there is real concern that democratic governments are not delivering and that is leading to experimenting with different models that are much less democratic. But even in Western Europe the deficit is a problem.

  Mary Robinson

  Real, Latin, Government

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are less capable of implementing the kind of promises or programs that they have put forward.

  Mary Robinson

  Government, Promise, Kind

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies.

  Mary Robinson

  Progress, Energy, Process

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much more efficient, and so globalization implies a transfer of power to the private sector.

  Mary Robinson

  Government, Globalization, Used

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• If we want to make progress in key areas now, we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies. So not only the politicians but also business, the wider civil society, and the trade union movement all have a contribution to make, whether it is at national or at international level.

  Mary Robinson

  Keys, Progress, Energy

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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