The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments. Mary Robinson More Quotes by Mary Robinson More Quotes From Mary Robinson Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came about because of the severity of the country's problems and the resulting high proportion of women in the parliament and among professional caregivers, which had a positive effect on policy. Mary Robinson caregivers population country I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human rights - that includes development experts and economists who are very keen to implement the UN Millennium Development Goals. They've told me quite frankly, that they don't know exactly what a human rights approach is. Mary Robinson rights mean people There is a democratic deficit. In Latin America in particular there is real concern that democratic governments are not delivering and that is leading to experimenting with different models that are much less democratic. But even in Western Europe the deficit is a problem. Mary Robinson government real latin Democratic governments are not delivering on their promises, which is partly due to the fact that governments are less powerful than they were after the Second World War. There were fewer governments then, but they actually had more political power. Mary Robinson government powerful war The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are less capable of implementing the kind of promises or programs that they have put forward. Mary Robinson government kind promise To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies. Mary Robinson progress energy process A lot of young people are very cynical about the political framework because they see the countries that preach democracy and human rights being countries largely responsible for the problems in their region. Mary Robinson cynical country people We need to make it clear that people are bereft of their own resources and we are seeing malnutrition and acute malnutrition among children, it's absolutely necessary to understand that this is the new normal. Mary Robinson environment The impacts are aggravated and exacerbated by climate change. Mary Robinson environment There is a need for a genuinely integrated approach that is objective and fair. Mary Robinson environment It's in the interests of the whole world that India gets (to clean energy) faster. Mary Robinson environment No country at the moment has sustainable development – no country, we can all start learning from each other. Mary Robinson environment We need far more ambition from every country than we're getting. Mary Robinson environment