I will make this commitment in person to the Prime Minister of India when I see him later today. During the past century, a powerful, effective polio vaccine was developed and launched with the promise of a polio-free world. At the dawn of the new century we have it within our grasp to eradicate polio forever. Today I am proud to launch the Final Push for Polio Eradication and urge the world to turn the promise of the past century into a reality for the first year of this one. Thirty children paralysed by polio each day is 30 children too many.
Every child counts.
By the end of this year no child need ever again live in the shadow of this disease.