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Clinton unites CEOs and celebs at summit
This week’s gathering of world leaders, corporate heavyweights and NGOs in New York has proved to be Davos with a difference, says Lionel Barber.
Annan disappointed with UN over N-pact
Kofi Annan said he regretted the failure of the United Nations to adequately address nuclear proliferation at its Summit in New York this week.
Business is key to fighting climate change
New Mexico became the first US state to join a voluntary scheme to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The news was announced at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
Mbeki calls for end to farm subsidies
Thebo Mbeki, South African president, called on the US and the EU to agree an end to farm subsidies within three years at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.
Nuclear energy must be considered, Rice says
Nuclear power is the only way for rapidly developing countries to meet their energy needs, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, said.
Insurance for terror risk is ‘key to Gaza’
Bill Clinton, the former president, called for a terrorism insurance scheme to encourage private investment in Gaza at the opening of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Observer - US
The guest list for the first Clinton Global Initiative is not exactly a predictable catalogue of 1990s-era Friends of Bill.
What will the Clinton Global Initiative accomplish?
Grandly named and long in conception, the Clinton Global Initiative is designed to bring together leading politicians and business people to discuss solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems.
Ask the expert: Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke answered questions on the challenges of poverty, United Nations reform and religious conflict in an online Q&A ahead of the Clinton Global Initiative.
This conference will not be like so many before it
International conferences always sound ambitious, but are rarely places where searching questions are answered. That is simply not good enough, writes Bill Clinton.
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Optimist with plans for making world a better place
Bill Clinton talks to the FT about the summit and his determination to get firm commitments from world leaders. “I tell people if you just want to talk, don't come.”
In the spotlight
Bill Clinton
When Bill Clinton convened the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, a gathering of world leaders, his goals were be typically Clintonesque.
Poverty
Global imbalances
The Clinton Summit will advocate programmes that include giving the poor access to credit and governments the ability to get out from under the burden of servicing debts run up by prior corrupt regimes. For more stories, click here
Climate change
Combating environmental pollution
Bill Clinton hopes to persuade more than 300 chief executives, heads of state and non-governmental organisations to sign up to a list of actions to combat climate change. For more stories, click here.
Religious reconciliation
Reducing conflicts
The Clinton Summit is assembling presidents and prime ministers, monarchs, business chiefs and religious leaders for an ambitious attempt at reducing religious conflict. For more stories, click here
Global governance
Challenges ahead
World leaders are preparing to debate an ambitious new agenda on security, development and human rights, diplomats from other countries are beginning to ask whether the UN is up to the job – and if not, how to fix it. For more stories, click here.
