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Article: African Leaders Seek U.N. Support
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- September 16, 2002
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ 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.
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 to create a partnership between the continent and more
prosperous developed countries.
Called the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, it
aims to meet the U.N. goal of cutting in half the number of Africans
living in extreme poverty by 2015 by bringing the continent more ...