Certainly, we must protect our children from tobacco. Worldwide, smoking-related diseases could very well triple over the next quarter century. Or any other disease. The United States is redoubling its efforts to curb childhood tobacco use. The United States will work with W.H.O. to help stop the global pandemic of tobacco-related disease and death.
Tobacco is just one world health problem that requires a world health solution.
A solution without borders. You'll notice that Truman didn't say human progress comes from a single person acting alone. And so, the challenge of leading W.H.O. into the future does not belong to the director-general alone. It takes many leaders and individuals. From the humblest clinics to the grandest capitals.