“Poor must not be forgotten,”says Secy. General of Caritas Internationalis.
(Jan.27,2009): “The poor must not be forgotten in the economic crises,” is the message that Caritas Internationalis, Secretary-General Lesley Anne Knight will give to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. World leaders and policy makers will gather in large numbers from Jan. 28 to Feb.1st at the annual Davos Forum, to discuss how to overcome the worst global economic crises in 80 years.
Caritas Internationalis is the worldwide federation of 162 national Catholic charities working on humanitarian relief, development and peace building. The Secretary-General of Caritas Internationalis said - “The current global crises will dominate discussions at Davos. I am concerned that the Millennium Development Goals – the series of UN anti-poverty targets for 2015 will be shelved for the duration of the economic recession, and I want to point out that ending global poverty is not a luxury but a duty”. He said “ Climate change is another important issue that we will be discussing at Davos, and I want to ensure that the interests of the poor, who are those most affected by climate change, are given a high priority. It is appalling that in 2009, we still have much suffering in the world as a result of poverty”, he added.
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