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Barack Obama: “International institutions are ill-equipped, underfunded…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Final Address by President at United Nations General Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 08:25

Because too often those trumpeting the benefits of globalization have ignored inequality within and among nations, have ignored the enduring appeal of ethnic and sectarian identities, have left International institutions are ill-equipped, underfunded, under-resourced to handle transnational challenges. And as these real problems have been neglected, alternative visions of the world have pressed forward, both in the wealthiest countries and in the poorest. (08:25–08:51)

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Asserts that international institutions lack the resources to effectively manage global issues.

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