61.   There was an urgent need to eradicate poverty by providing decent work, the union leader said.

62.   They also called for increased efforts to eradicate poverty and strengthen democracy in Latin America.

63.   Ndungane urged the public and private sectors to forge a new partnerships, and said the religious community and the non-governmental organisations needed to find strategies to eradicate poverty.

64.   Opening a two-day ministerial meeting of the Group of Rio, the officials also called for increased efforts to eradicate poverty and strengthen democracy in Latin America.

65.   Other issues on the SAARC agenda include ways to boost trade, curb the sexual exploitation of women and children and eradicate rampant poverty.

66.   SAARC leaders are also due to use the summit to explore ways to boost trade, curb the sexual exploitation of women and children and eradicate rampant poverty.

67.   The free-market system was unable to achieve the United Nations objective of eradicating poverty, he said.

68.   The new UN Secretary General, Koffi Annan, took up the cause of the Third World, calling for a UN-private sector partnership to eradicate poverty.