Leaders urge sustained action to end mother, child deaths

Ahead of the UN Sustainable Development Goals summit, The Elders call on world leaders to agree on a common approach that yields a “radical and sustainable” plan to tackle climate change.

“You have a decisive role to play in charting the course of history.”

Chaired by Kofi Annan, The Elders is an independent group of global leaders who work together for peace and human rights including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi

In a letter to heads of state...

An Icon Of A Hope That Never Dies.

Death May Label All We Cherish Lies,

Yet This Love Lies Too Deep To Be Defiled.

We Clear An Inner Field Where Fate Has Smiled,

Letting Play The Pleasures Of Surmise,

Holding Back All Contrary Replies,

As Though Our Thoughts Might Turn The Winters Mild.

Despite The Well-Known Travesties Of Time,

Each Time A Child Is Born We Dream Anew,

For Only Thus Our Losses Are Regained.

Though We Must Share The Destiny Of Slime,

No Passion In Our Palette Is More...