When I am looking for someone worthy for a high-ranking government job, I check my own database for the best qualified. Q. The technological gap between the U.S. and the rest of the world appears to be growing. The U.S. is the locomotive for the rest of the world. Its crusade for human rights is important but cannot cope with the widening gap between rich and poor nations, between computer literate and computer illiterate. It is the overarching problem that dominates all others - from ethnic conflict to fundamentalist extremism.
Poverty is the root cause of the world's ills.
We're talking roughly half the world's population. A. Profound changes are taking place on the international scene and they are having a direct impact on many countries that do not have the necessary resources or capabilities to adapt to the new world order. All major political and economic organizations are talking about a variety of action plans. Tunisia, for its part, recently called for a World Solidarity Fund aimed at bridging the still widening gap that has become a universal phenomenon that affects primarily developing nations. This kind of solidarity, both between nations and peoples, is a humanitarian duty and obligation.