WORLD LEADERS TOLD NOT TO LET FINANCIAL CRISIS DETRACT FROM ENDING POVERTY AND ACHIEVING MDGs

Bono, Archbishop Tutu and Martin Luther King III Join Millions to DemandGovernments Meet Promises made at Millennium Summit in 2000

New York, 16 October 2008 — Beginning tomorrow, more than 67 million people are expected to mobilize under the slogan “Stand Up Take Action” at events around the globe to demand that world leaders do not use the financial crisis as an excuse for breaking the promises they made in 2000 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

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