Global Language for a Global Tax: Solidarity Levies PDF | Print | E-mail
Written by Ann Shibler
Monday, 29 June 2009 01:18
The UN’s Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis opened on June 24, with the usual platitudes about not abandoning the world’s poor regardless of the world’s economic woes.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Surely, if the world can mobilize more than US$18 trillion to keep the financial sector afloat, it can find more than US$18 billion to keep commitments to Africa.â€