Madam, - How refreshing to hear the former US president Jimmy Carter comment recently that "the rich nations don't give a damn about the poor".
Mr Carter is no longer concerned about political correctness or about whom he might offend by such remarks. He calls it as he sees it.
Would that the current world leaders were blessed with a similar degree of honesty and integrity.
The truth, of course, is patently obvious to all: if the rich nations really cared there simply wouldn't be any need for an aid programme. We have the resources to solve the problems of the Third World - but it seems we may never find the will. - Yours, etc.,
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JOHN O'SHEA, Goal, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.