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30 June 2005 Edition

Make poverty history

30 June 2005

When the Taoiseach attends the UN Summit this autumn, he must not again make aid commitments he has no intention of keeping. Boasting that Ireland is the fourth wealthiest state in the world does not tally with excuses for breaking his promise to allocate 0.7% of GNP to Overseas Development Aid spending by 2007. Free article


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