{"id":1138,"date":"2025-10-02T04:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/awesome-obama\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:02","slug":"awesome-obama","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/awesome-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog_post content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Awesome Obama?\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/10432\/10762\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAwesome Obama?<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/meijer-van-putten-anna\/\">Anna Meijer van Putten<\/a>\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t22 September 2025\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n\t<!-- body --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Anticipation was building up around the UN headquarters yesterday morning. The traffic was, too. With almost the entire east side of the city in lock-down, roaring helicopters above our heads and an NYPD checkpoint on every corner, the arrival of President Obama was hard to miss. \u2018The President is here on some business\u2019, a police officer answered dutifully when asked what Obama was doing here. Bystanders, trying to catch a glimpse of their leader, didn\u2019t really know why he was here either. It seems the MDGs are not exactly popular among Americans. &#8216;The MDGs are possibly the most visionary deal that most people have never heard of&#8217;, Bono wrote this week in the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\u2018The subject of the summit meeting at the United Nations this week is one whose monumental importance is matched only by its minuscule brand recognition\u2019, the rock star and social activist continues. But Obama\u2019s address to the UN MDG<i>&nbsp;s<\/i>ummit might help to raise more public awareness. The President announced the new US global development policy, the first of its kind by an American administration, putting the MDGs in the spotlight. He spoke of a \u2018big-hearted, but also big-headed approach&#8217;, shifting development to the core of American foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\u2018Kennedy-esque\u2019, and \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oxfam.org\/en\/blog\/10-09-22-awesome-obama-mdg\" target=\"_blank\">awesome<\/a>\u2019, read some of today\u2019s reactions to Obama\u2019s speech. Oxfam America president Ray Offenheiser said that the President&#8217;s landmark directive fills \u2018a much-needed void by clearly defining that the US mission for fighting global poverty is to promote broad-based economic growth and democratic governance\u2019. Offenheiser also applauded Obama\u2019s issuance of a clear mandate that country ownership of his administration will pursue the fight against poverty. \u2018But we need Obama to explain how he will turn his words to action.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Civil society organizations feel their call for action has not been answered. Now that the MDG summit had ended, it seems civil society and advocacy organizations are disappointed with the results. Action Aid\u2019s Joanna Kerr said she feels disillusioned by the lack of financial pledges towards eliminating extreme poverty and spurring international development. \u2018You come out of the summit with a draft outcome document that has a very long laundry list with many wonderful aspirations. You can\u2019t eat an aspiration. 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