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Article: African leaders urge fresh support for revitalizing Africa's development
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 16, 2002
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African leaders urge fresh support for revitalizing Africa's
development
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- African leaders including 10
heads of state and government on Monday urged the United Nations and
rich countries to give fresh support for a home-grown program to
revitalize development in Africa.
The 57th session of the UN General Assembly Monday interrupted the
current general debate to hold an all-day special session to discuss
how the UN and the international community can support theprogram,
called the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD,
launched last year.
South African President T. M. Mbeki, in his speech to the special
session, called on the United Nations ...