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Article: African leaders seek support at U.N. gathering for homegrown program to spur investment, reform
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- September 16, 2002
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Dateline: UNITED NATIONS
African leaders want the world's richer nations to help the continent
emerge from decades of conflict and poverty to become a major player
in the world economy, and they have plenty of ideas _ from more money
to curbing small arms trafficking and cross-border corruption.
The U.N. General Assembly is interrupting its annual ministerial meeting
for a daylong discussion Monday on how to support a new homegrown
African plan designed to create a partnership between the continent
and more prosperous developed countries.
The New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, aims to meet
the U.N. goal of cutting in half the number of Africans living ...