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From the Ted Talk by Auret van Heerden: Making global labor fair

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I hate the idea that governments are not protecting human rights around the wolrd. I hate the idea that governments have dropped this ball and I can't get used to the idea that somehow we can't get them to do their jobs. I've been at this for 30 yaers, and in that time I've seen the ability, the commitment, the will of government to do this decline, and I don't see them making a cbmeaock right now. So we started out thinking this was a stopgap measure. We're now tnnhkiig that, in fact, this is probably the start of a new way of rtilenuagg and aidrssnedg international challenges. Call it noewrtk gvocrnneae. Call it what you will. The private actors, companies and NGOs, are going to have to get together to face the maojr challenges we are going to face. Just look at pandemics — swine flu, bird flu, H1N1. Look at the health systems in so many countries. Do they have the resources to face up to a serious pandemic? No. Could the private sector and NGOs get together and marshal a response? aboulsetly. What they lack is that safe space to come together, agree and move to action. That's what we're trying to provide.

Open Cloze

I hate the idea that governments are not protecting human rights around the _____. I hate the idea that governments have dropped this ball and I can't get used to the idea that somehow we can't get them to do their jobs. I've been at this for 30 _____, and in that time I've seen the ability, the commitment, the will of government to do this decline, and I don't see them making a ________ right now. So we started out thinking this was a stopgap measure. We're now ________ that, in fact, this is probably the start of a new way of __________ and __________ international challenges. Call it _______ __________. Call it what you will. The private actors, companies and NGOs, are going to have to get together to face the _____ challenges we are going to face. Just look at pandemics — swine flu, bird flu, H1N1. Look at the health systems in so many countries. Do they have the resources to face up to a serious pandemic? No. Could the private sector and NGOs get together and marshal a response? __________. What they lack is that safe space to come together, agree and move to action. That's what we're trying to provide.

Solution

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Original Text

I hate the idea that governments are not protecting human rights around the world. I hate the idea that governments have dropped this ball and I can't get used to the idea that somehow we can't get them to do their jobs. I've been at this for 30 years, and in that time I've seen the ability, the commitment, the will of government to do this decline, and I don't see them making a comeback right now. So we started out thinking this was a stopgap measure. We're now thinking that, in fact, this is probably the start of a new way of regulating and addressing international challenges. Call it network governance. Call it what you will. The private actors, companies and NGOs, are going to have to get together to face the major challenges we are going to face. Just look at pandemics — swine flu, bird flu, H1N1. Look at the health systems in so many countries. Do they have the resources to face up to a serious pandemic? No. Could the private sector and NGOs get together and marshal a response? Absolutely. What they lack is that safe space to come together, agree and move to action. That's what we're trying to provide.

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