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The world has the knowledge, resources and capacity to eradicate polio
by 2005, ending forever the threat of disability this disease poses
to millions of people. Eradication is within our reach, and we who are
gathered here at the United Nations today, the 27th of September 2000,
fully commit ourselves to this moral and historic imperative. We pledge
to overcome all remaining obstacles and achieve a polio-free world.
With one voice, we urge friends and partners everywhere to join us
at this important juncture, to guarantee their full and tireless commitment
to the implementation of the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative Strategic Plan 2001-2005, so that by 2005
the world can be certified polio-free.
We pledge
- To find the US $450 million still needed (of a total US $1 billion)
to enable the world to completely halt poliovirus transmission within
the next 24 months, and to certify a polio-free world in the year
2005;
- To reach 600 million more children with polio vaccine, wherever
they may live, despite distance and difficulties, and
- To advocate at the highest levels to attain the political commitment
required worldwide to accomplish the goal.
We call
- Upon every United Nations Member State fully to reaffirm their
commitment to eradicate polio and to implement the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative Strategic Plan 2001- 2005;
- Upon new private sector partners and donors to join and strengthen
the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and,
- Upon the media to make a crucial contribution by keeping in the
world's view both the triumphs and the remaining challenges to achieving
a polio-free world.
We are
- National Governments, committed to implementing all necessary polio
eradication activities and allocating funds to this end;
- Donors and funding organizations, committed to securing the required
financial support through 2005;
- Non-governmental organizations, committed to providing on-the-ground
support needed to reach all children;
- Vaccine producers, committed to ensuring the global supply of oral
polio vaccine;
- Foundations and corporations, committed to contributing financial
support and in-kind donations;
- Individuals, committed to advocating for the Polio Eradication
Initiative, and to volunteering the time to ensure that every child
under five is vaccinated against polio, and,
- The United Nations family of international organizations, committed
to using all instruments at our disposal to champion this cause and
reach every child with polio vaccine.
We affirm
That working together, we will certify the world polio-free in 2005
- a lasting gift to future generations.
Global Polio Partners Summit
27 September 2000
United Nations, New York, NY
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