There’s plenty of attention here on the economies of developed countries but events in the Middle East and North Africa are not far from the minds of those here in Davos.
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They were the subject of a keynote address by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
BAN: “I’d like to use this platform today to use a call to action on two immediate crises: the death-spiral in Syria and the widening turbulence in Mali and the Sahel.”
Mr. Ban said the international community needed to come together to end the ongoing violence in the two countries and ensure assistance is available to those in need.
But he also highlighted the wider uncertainty regarding the so-called “Arab Spring.” Continue reading “‘Arab Uprisings’”
