Kofi Annan calls for world to refocus on fighting poverty
At the recent
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,
Kofi Annan, the
secretary general of the United Nations announced that he will be convening a meeting to
refocus attention on the problems faced by the worlds poor, and find practical solutions to their plight.
Mr. Annan expressed
frustration that the world's attention had been
diverted away from tackling global poverty over the past couple of years, and expressed hope that efforts to
make global trade more equitable could be relaunched following the
collapse of talks at the recent
World Trade Organisation meeting in
Cancun, Mexico.
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