There are many important issues on the agenda, including security, humanrights and reform of the UN itself. But a long-standing item for debateis the goal to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015. Many hope theprogress made at the G8 summit in July can be built on to increase aidand reduce the debt of some of the world's poorest countries. Theshocking fact that a child dies from extreme poverty in the developingworld every three seconds is now firmly etched on policy makers'consciences.
World leaders are now competing for the best idea as to the wayforward.
Britain has been pressing for an international finance facility, a meansof increasing aid by using long-term donor commitments in order to leverin additional money from the international capital markets.
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