At a time when one in seven people face a daily struggle to get enough food, Oxfam is calling on world leaders gathering in Turkey May 9-13 to seize the opportunity and help lift the most vulnerable nations out of poverty.
Istanbul is hosting the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, UN development chief Helen Clark, and 39 heads of state – mainly from the poorest countries – will join a range of civil society organizations, academia and the private sector. Their aim is to map out an action plan that ensures the world’s poorest people have enough to eat, as well as access to water, jobs, education, basic health care and other essential human rights.
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