Brussels, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Fourth World European Committee has just launched an appeal to the Gothenburg Summit to take account of the eradication of poverty and social exclusion.
The Committee states in particular that: 1. Combating poverty and social exclusion must be an essential element in sustainable development; 2. Account needs taking of the human cost of poverty, imposed inactivity being as a huge burden for people living in extreme poverty; 3. If a "Council for...