UN: what a wonderful world? - FRANCE 24

Latest update: 23/09/2008

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UN: what a wonderful world?

Or is it? World leaders are converging in New York for the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. On the agenda is the world food crisis, which is making poverty-reduction targets difficult to reach, and UN peacekeeping missions.

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