192 UN member countries (4th UN Conf.)
Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, Chairman
Istanbul
48 least developed countries identified
900 million people within those countries
Poorest and weakest segment of the intn'l community
* Human and social development, gender equality and empowerment of women
* Promoting women's eonomic empowerment through financial inclusion and agricultural development
Investment Opportunity versus charity
The head of the conference, UN Sec General, Ban Ki-mon, was presented with the Women's Leadership Award "in recognition for his efforts to promote gender equality. He is the first man to receive the award in its 21 year history", the UN News Centre reports.
"I am asking world leaders and I am asking business leaders and I am asking women leaders to work together to achieve that goal where everybody, men and women, without any fear of violence, without fear of discrimination, can work in harmony and in dignity as human beings," Ban said.
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