1. Welcomes China's achievements in lifting 350 million of its citizens out of extreme poverty through far-reaching economic reforms, which have benefited above all the urban population; is concerned about the large rural population living in poverty which has not yet benefited from the boom, and calls on China to continue its efforts to attain the Millennium Development Goals for the benefit of the more deprived members of its population; stresses that, as a member of the UN, China is committed to the MDGs and should also contribute to pursuing their achievement in developing countries;

Continued economic hardship will make people easier prey for extremists.

The European Union is deeply concerned by the hostilities in Southern Sudan undermining seriously the international community's humanitarian efforts aimed at assisting the populations of these regions badly affected by famine.

That means for the most part there will be members of Parliament from the rest of Canada voting on legislation which will have major, long term, far reaching consequences for the people of British Columbia, which has a leaderless, lame duck administration in Victoria that has lost virtually any shred of credibility.

The population of Georgia, facing dire poverty since the collapse of the Soviet Union, can expect emergency aid as of now thanks to a new European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) action.

The UN tells us that by 2025, which is only 11 years from now, two thirds of the world's population will live in areas plagued by fresh water shortages.