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UNDP report being muddled?
December 25, 2004 ( politics )
Quoth the BBC:
The BBC's Heba Saleh in Cairo says this year's report is the third in a much-acclaimed series of studies commissioned by the UNDP.The reports, she says, are the work of dozens of independent Arab scholars who dissected their own societies to present a frank and comprehensive picture of their weaknesses and failings.
US state department spokesman Tom Casey said: "We have not seen a draft of the forthcoming Arab Human Development report. We have not urged deferral or postponement of the report, as has been alleged."
A UNDP statement said the report was in the "final stages of preparation".
It went on: "While at different times, concerns have been raised by some governments about the content of the forthcoming report, no formal discussions on editorial content have taken place, no government has asked for their suppression."
Press reports that Washington had threatened to cut future funding for UNDP over the report "are inaccurate," it added.
Posted by griffjon at December 25, 2004 08:30 PM
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