Tuesday, 08 December 2009

• GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING 2009 - THE LORDS OF WAR

  
  

  Estimated Global Military Spending Since Jan 1, 2009

  $1,213,343,813,521

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  Estimated costs to provide the following-
  Shelter for every human being:	$21,000,000,000
  Eliminate ALL Starvation and Malnourishment:	$19,000,000,000
  Clean Safe Water for every human being:	$10,000,000,000
  Eliminate ALL Nuclear Weapons:	$7,000,000,000
  Eliminate ALL Landmines:	$4,000,000,000
  Eliminate ALL Illiteracy:	$5,000,000,000
  Relief for Refugees everywhere:	$5,000,000,000
  Stabilize Human Population Growth:	$10,500,000,000
  Prevent Soil Erosion Globally:	$24,000,000,000

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  Annual Expenditure of the United Nations system:

  $15,000,000,000

  Estimated Cost to reach the Millenium Development Goals:

  $121,000,000,000

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  For each person in the world, we spend $ 3 on UN programs and $173 on the military
  Global Military Spending in 2008 could fund the United Nations System for 67 years
  * based on Swedish International Peace Research Institute 2009 data
  * figures taken from information provided by World Game Institute
  * United Nations Budget 2009
  
  http://ipb.org/i/index.html
  

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