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The recent consensus on global development adopted at a United Nations conference in Monterrey, Mexico, must be transformed into reality, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today told key finance ministers from across the world meeting with the UN Economic and Social Council in New York.

In what has been widely hailed as a major achievement in the global effort to eradicate poverty, a landmark United Nations conference in Monterrey, Mexico, today approved a series of measures to help impoverished countries and promote economic growth around the globe.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today issued a plea to world leaders for a doubling of foreign aid to poorer countries, arguing that such help was not a waste of money but instead a vital contribution towards achieving global development goals.

As a major United Nations forum on fighting poverty entered its fourth day in Monterrey, Mexico, UN officials and the heads of international trade and finance agencies exhorted rich countries to step up their financial aid to developing nations and to create opportunities for market access and debt relief that would help stimulate economic growth.

The lofty economic and social targets set two years ago at a landmark summit of world leaders can be achieved with sufficient help and political will, a senior aide to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a news conference today at the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico.

As he headed to a major United Nations forum on development currently under way in Monterrey, Mexico, Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed the importance of unlocking badly needed resources to help countries pull themselves out of poverty.

On the final day of his official visit to Nicaragua, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today received the Pedro Joaquin Chamorro award at the National Assembly in the capital city of Managua, where he had met yesterday with the country’s President, Enrique Bolaños.

Countries are set to gather next week in Monterrey, Mexico, for what United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called “the best chance in years” to unlock crucial resources needed to boost economic growth and fulfill internationally agreed development goals.

The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, today began a two-day visit to Bolivia before heading to Mexico to participate in the upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development.

Next week's global conference in Mexico will be a unique opportunity for countries to tackle head-on the question of resources for financing such development goals as alleviating poverty and achieving education targets, according to Louise Fréchette, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.