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The General Assembly is getting together at U.
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N. headquarters in New York thisweek.
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On Thursday, the group will start its annual debate.
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That's when member nationsdiscuss global issues and what they might do about them.
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Before that starts, though,theU.
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N. is having another meeting.
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This one is about the organization's Millennium Development Goals.
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The man speaking at the podium is Secretary-General Ban Kimoon,theleader of the U.
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He wants the member countries to keep pushing toward the development goals they set for themselves a decade ago.
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Those include finding ways to fightpoverty,hunger and disease.
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The concern is that, because of the global economic crisis,countries haven't been able to put as much money toward fighting those issues.
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