Development workers remind us of what’s good about our nation

AT THE United Nations in New York today, Trócaire director Justin Kilcullen will leave the international stage. In a few weeks he will retire after 20 years leading and 30 years working for Trócaire.

His mission today is to launch the findings of new research by Trócaire entitled My Rights Beyond 2015. It was conducted in communities in six developing countries and looks beyond the current millennium development goals after 2015, their due date.

Kilcullen’s last act is to ask, what next? Having equal rights, enjoying those rights regardless of gender, ethnicity or income and being able to hold governments to account, are Trócaire’s research findings on the significant concerns of people in developing countries. These are not issues addressed, however, in the current UN millennium development goals.