Who is responsible?

The other day I had a group presentation in one of my grad classes, "International Agricultural Development," on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (goals that most of the world has agreed to). They are basically:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
   

These goals were designed jointly by 189 representative countries in 2000 with targets to be met by 2015. In my opinion they're a good thing and there has been progress in some areas in certain countries. However, there are still big challenges. This CNN article quote sums up what I'm talking about:

“President Obama is being criticized for increasing U.S. contributions to the international fight against HIV/AIDS by only two percent, with the result that people in Uganda are already being turned away from clinics and condemned to die.

When challenged, U.S. officials have had a fairly solid answer. Uganda has recently discovered oil and gas deposits but has gone on a spending spree, reportedly ordering fighter planes worth $300 million from Russia, according to a recent report in the New York Times.”

Although a government has a right to do what it wants with its own money, its kind of heart-breaking that Uganda's own government is ignoring such a huge problem.

But it brings up the question, who is responsible for helping the poor? Local governments? Other nations? Development agencies? Wealthy individuals? Or the body of Christ? More on this later...