GSR 2008 Press Coverage

Global Strategic Review 2008

Global Strategic Review

GSR 2008 Press Coverage

12 September 2008 - World Bank Press Release - Zoellick Calls for “Securing Development” To Help Poor Escape ConflictWorld Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today called for a new approach to fragile states focused on “securing development” to help one billion poor people escape from the cycle of failed government, persistent poverty, and civil war. In an address to an international conference of security policymakers and officials, Zoellick said there needed to be an “overhaul” of the multilateral approach to meet the era’s current challenges regarding fragile states.
12 Sep 2008 - - Agence France Press - World Bank chief urges fresh approach to 'fragile states'The international community must rethink its approach to "fragile states" such as Somalia and Afghanistan to ensure security and development go hand in hand, the head of the World Bank said Friday. Bank President Robert Zoellick said in remarks prepared for a security conference in Geneva that soldiers and aid workers should cooperate to provide coherent policies to lift countries out of poverty and conflict.
12 September 2008 - Financial Times - World Bank chief calls for rethink over fragile statesThe international community needs to overhaul its approach to fragile states,Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, will say today.
02 September 2008 - IISS Press Release - Officials and Experts Prepare for 6th IISS Global Strategic ReviewThe International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together over four hundred senior government officials, leading researchers, and many of the Institute’s influential members to discuss and address some of the world’s most critical issues at the 6th IISS Global Strategic Review (GSR), to be held in Geneva from 12 to 14 September 2008.

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