PAGE A11 WORLD BANK LEADER CALLS FOR AID Warning in a letter that rising food and oil prices pose a crisis for the world's poor, Robert B. Zoellick, president of the World Bank, called on President Bush and other leaders who are assembling in Japan for an economic summit meeting to make new aid commitments to avert starvation and instability in dozens of countries.
WASHINGTON — Warning that rising food and oil prices pose a crisis for the world's poor, Robert B. Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, is calling on President Bush and other leaders convening in Japan next week in an economic summit meeting to make new aid commitments to avert starvation and instability in dozens of countries.
Europe's ministers could agree at least that the first step to averting that outcome lies in Athens making a firm commitment to raise cash by selling assets and cutting spending.
21 23 In addition to averting deaths, publically financed diarrhoeal treatment can also avert private medical expenditures.
"It is a recognition that going forward, all major emitters need to take ambitious and binding emission reduction commitments if we're going to avert runaway climate change".
In his case, a personal commitment and a relatively petty amount of cash sufficed to avert tragedy.
Reacting with what many Indonesians saw as arrogance, evasiveness and a lack of commitment to the country's problems, Mr. Wahid failed to avert Monday's session, the second step in the process.
Leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal ended a meeting here this weekend, vowing their "maximum commitment" against terror and support for Argentina as it battles to avert a debt default.
"We have received commitments for the $7.5 million, and we feel comfortable to say we're going to avert this crisis," said Nicholas A. Spano, a Republican state senator who was thanked by Mayor Spencer, also a Republican, for his role in the plan.
