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Davos: Day 3 Jan 25 2008

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Call to Action

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U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown (far left), Jordan’s Queen Rania, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, U2 lead singer Bono, and other world leaders vowed to spend 2008 working to meet the seven Millenium Development Goals, all of which aim to fight poverty and its effects.

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"Not on Our Watch!"

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was among the world leaders who issued the call to action to fight poverty, saying, “We are here to say one thing loud and clear: Not on our watch! I speak to those who are most vulnerable to climate change and those who suffer the most grinding poverty. Let 2008 be the year of the bottom billion.”

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Working…

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Khalfan bin Mohammed Al-Esry, founder and managing director of Prosper Management Consultancy in Oman.

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…and Playing

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Davos, a Swiss ski resort, has been the meeting place for the World Economic Forum annual meeting since it first started in 1971. In addition to the daily work sessions, participants can ski and attend parties.

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A Royal Imperative

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Queen Rania of Jordan participated in the Corporate Global Citizenship in the 21st Century, a jam session on how corporations, no longer bystanders in social and societal issues, can participate in global initiatives.

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An African Plea

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Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, president of Nigeria, who joined other world leaders in working to meet the Millennium Development Goals, said, “One of the major challenges in Africa is the infrastructure gap, that is one of the key enables of the achievement of the M.D.G.'s. I welcome this initiative from the global community.”

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U2 Can Help

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Irish rock singer Bono and his famous sunglasses. Bono is among the many people who answered the Davos Question: How to make the world a better place. And in true Web 2.0 form, all videos can be seen on YouTube.

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