Fed: Rudd prioritises poor at Pacific Islands Forum

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2009
Fed: Rudd prioritises poor at Pacific Islands Forum

CANBERRA, Aug 5 AAP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told a meeting of Pacific Island
leaders that improving the lives of the region's 2.7 million poor should be top of their
agenda.

Mr Rudd was speaking at the official opening the 40th annual Pacific Islands Forum
in Cairns on Wednesday, which has drawn together delegates from 15 neighbouring nations.

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