Nearly a billion humans with less than a euro on the day. Every three seconds a child, who dies, because parents are poor. Far over 850,000 malaria-dead in Africa per year. A mosquito net - and they could still live…

Was it thus a UN-summit of the bad conscience, with chancellor the Merkel in New York arose? Or a summit of new hope?

In the enormous hall of the UN-plenary assembly it is nearly quiet, the green 50's-annual carpet swallows the sound. A little in former times than planned Angela Merkel steps short nodding to the lectern, hardly a smile. The rows in the hall are half filled.

The chancellor does not talk therefore around: „Die Welt set itself before ten years correct goals: Unfortunately we must say however today that we will probably achieve not all goals to 2015. “

Before ten years the UN had beeidet „thousands of years goals “. Fight against hunger, epidemics, poverty. Fight for education, equal rights, progress. To reach up to the year 2015. Now is trial balance.

Merkel: „There is remarkable progress. We advanced during the education, the equalization of the sexes and also with the fight against hunger. But hunger and malnutrition move still on an intolerablly high level. More than 900 million humans are threatened of hunger and poverty - that is not acceptable. “

Most badly stand it around the states in the south half of Africa. „Very much, “, Merkel drying says very large deficits, nearly like the teacher with the expenditure for certification.

That is not diplomatic straight, but the representatives of the addressed rich states forgiven at its small wood desks an expression, do not listen concentrate to the translation in its small, white Ohrhöhrern.

Fact is: In the hall all states are alike, the USA have their place between Togo and Andorra; Germany between Ghana, Eritrea and equatorial Africa. But in the fight against the poverty not all are not equivalent good equivalent. Merkel continues to remind: „The developing countries have it in the hand whether assistance can take place efficiently. Development assistance cannot be temporally unlimited. “

And: „We need more result orientation. “What is called?

Country X does not receive any longer overall money for a national child vaccination campaign, but afterwards per as can be prove inoculated child is accounted for - many inoculation, much money; too few inoculation, no money. That is new.

After accurately ten minutes Merkel is finished, friendly applause, next speaker. Over the assistance for to arms of the world it will give still many summits…