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Declaration of the Belgrade Conference, March 23 - 24, 2009 (April 20, 2009)
The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals held an international conference to review the consequences of 1999 NATO bombardment against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Conference gathered 700 scientists and experts from 45 countries from all continents who agreed that NATO premeditated the attacks. The goal of military intervention was to bring US troops to the Balkans, expand NATO to the East, impose a neo-liberal economic system, and reinforce the US unipolar world order. The panelists pointed out the direct link between military costs and political crises and called for abolishing NATO and a decrease in worldwide military spending. (Uruknet)
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UN Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, June 1-3, 2009: Organization of the Conference
The General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the organization of the High Level Conference. The resolution acknowledges that the UN plays an important role in the "ongoing international discussions" on reform and strengthening of the international financial and economic system. However, member states have not given the conference a clear mandate to make reform decisions. This Global Policy Forum document describes the contentious issues that arose during the negotiations and points out how these impact the conference.