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Transcript: CHILEAN PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELETCHILEAN PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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- September 24, 2008
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09-24-2008
CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE U.N.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
SPEAKER: CHILEAN PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET
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BACHELET (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Mr. President, years ago,
representatives of all the countries of the climate (ph) met in this General
Assembly to adopt the Millennium Declaration, a text that is one of the
broadest and most explicit agreements ever drafted by the international
community on the subject of development, well-being, and the quality of
life of people.
Mr. President, this declaration set a series of very precise
standards in the fight against hunger and poverty, education, ...