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Perspective from the UN Conference Last Week
July 1st, 2009
Thoughts from United Nations Headquarters in New York on the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development: United Nations HQ is an odd place. A huge somewhat dated building full of bureaucrats and security guards trying at every stage to stop you from getting things done. Some would say it is a metaphor for the UN itself. But the UN is crucial. For the reality is that there is no other truly representative international organisation where developing countries have a fair say over how the world is governed. I have come to the UN...
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U.N. Finance Summit A Bust
June 25th, 2009
The United Nations' three-day Head-of-State Summit on the global financial crisis had promise. The goal was to convene a summit of world leaders at U.N. Headquarters in New York to assess the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression. Over 100 million people per year, the summiteers noted, will fall into extreme poverty.
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