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Article: UN chief calls for global alliance in fighting poverty
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 17, 2006
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UN chief calls for global alliance in fighting poverty
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan urged the international community to join in the struggle
against poverty and make this "moral challenge of the present age" a
calling for the many, instead of a task for the few.
The UN chief made the appeal in a message for the 14th
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty which falls on
Tuesday.
The UN chief noted that this year's theme "Working together out of
poverty" highlights the need for a truly global anti-poverty
alliance, which calls for the active participation of both developed
and developing countries.
The world has made real but insufficient ...