With UN help, Arab League will launch campaign for Iraqi refugees
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arabs4iraq.jpgThe 22-member Arab League will work with the United Nations refugee agency to launch a large-scale campaign tomorrow to help Iraqi refugees.

"The Iraqi people have suffered extreme hardship. Women, children, entire families have witnessed terrible violence and despair," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. "I appeal to you to support your Iraqi brothers and sisters...Your voice and helping hand can make a profound difference."

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September 25, 2008


Halfway to the Millennium Development Goals
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The following appeared as an op-ed in The Guardian Online on Thursday, September 25th.

This week, over 150 world leaders are gathered at the UN for the opening of the general assembly. If recent years are any indication, news outlets will focus on the disagreements aired on Tuesday, when George Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the podium.

But the real drama occurs today (Thursday), when the same global leaders that butted heads earlier in the week take stock of one of the most far-reaching and noble statements of international cooperation ever agreed upon, the millennium development goals.

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