Obama: Do not See U.S. Just For Donations

United States will change the approach in addressing global poverty. So, the U.S. is no longer only contribute to the poor countries, but also will use the approach of diplomacy, trade and investment.So said President of the United States, Barack Obama. "In short, the U.S. change the way of doing business," Obama said as quoted by MSNBC news pages.

Together with a number of leaders of other countries, Obama participated in a series addressing the Annual Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York, United States, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 local time. For three days, 20-22 September, the UN held a special session to discuss the development program the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).According to Obama, it designed a new Global Development Policy. Under that policy, the U.S. puts aid to countries that demonstrate good governance and help enforce the U.S. dollar provided by close supervision.

Obama said that given the U.S. approach to aid is the greatest force in the fight against poverty, ie economic growth. With the help of economic growth in poor countries, Obama said that this is also a good step for the development of the U.S. economy. U.S. takes the role of developing countries to the sustainability of exports.During this time, according to Obama, the view of U.S. foreign policy just seen how much aid money, food and medicines provided. But according to him, this does not make poverty less and less and it became developing nations.

"Aid alone is not progress. The development is to help other countries to develop, from poverty to prosperity. And we need more than help to implement that change, "Obama said.However, with this new approach, it does not mean the U.S. will ignore the countries that need assistance. Obama said that the U.S. will still lead the world in providing emergency assistance.