Sunday, May 08, 2011

An opportunity in Istanbul

"An opportunity in Istanbul

Abdullah Gül, Jhala Nath Khanal and Ban Ki-moon

The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries begins today in this Turkish city. It is an opportunity to breathe new life into economic recovery and to fulfil commitments in the world's 48 LDCs.

This week (May 9-13) in Istanbul, world leaders have the chance to kill two birds with one stone: to breathe new life into solid, long-term economic recovery and to fulfil long-term commitments to reduce poverty, hunger and disease in the world's 48 Least Developed Countries (LDC)."

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