About $16 bln pledged at UN summit to combat poverty: Ban
Source: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT September 26, 2008 UNITED NATIONS - The international community has pledged about 16 billion U.S. dollars at Thursday's UN summit to help combat poverty, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Thursday.
"We have full commitment from many countries in pledges to help the world's poor, around the 16 billion dollars mark," Ban told a press conference at the conclusion of the one-day UN High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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