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March 26, 2009

Moon Calls for $1 Trillion Stimulus for Developing Nations
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on G20 leaders
to establish a $1 trillion stimulus package for poorer countries
threatened by the global financial meltdown. Ban told the Financial
Times he’ll make a formal request at the G20 summit in London next week.
Ban meanwhile helped mark an international day of observance for victims
of the slave trade at the UN.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “Africa has yet to recover from the
ravages of the slave trade or the subsequent era of colonization. And
here in the new world and in Europe and elsewhere, people of African
descendants still struggle daily against entrenched prejudice that keeps
them disproportionately in poverty. Despite the official abolition of
slavery, racism still pollutes our world.”



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