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Refugee Crisis May Threaten Development Aid to Worlds Poor
2015-11-11 22:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As the spreading refugee crisis threatens to destabilize national budgets of donor nations in Western Europe, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday appealed to the international community not to forsake its longstanding commitment for development assistance to the world's poorer nations. Ban's appeal comes two days after a UN pledging conference reported a "dramatic decline" in donor commitments: from 560 million dollars in 2014 to 77 million dollars in the most recent pledges, largely covering...
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