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Published Nov 04 2009 by France24 - Asia Pacific

Climate deal needed to prevent forced migration: UN

The world urgently needs a climate deal out of a summit in Copenhagen next month to forestall forced migration that is already occurring in Asia and Africa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

"We are in a critical period," Ban told delegates at a United Nations conference on the...

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