HC Deb 14 July 1997 vol 298 cc49-50W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the extension to a decade of the UN International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. [7926]

Clare Short

We welcome the International Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) as a means to focus efforts on addressing the root causes of poverty. I hope the IDEP will foster an increased understanding that poverty eradication is fundamental to reinforcing peace and achieving sustainable development for the world as a whole.

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