Abudullah Abdullah answers a question on education
Former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, joins the Davos Debates to answer the following question posted on youtube.com/davos: If education helps prevent disease and poverty rates, why do governments not offer more to help in developing countries?
Davos VIP dropouts
The world’s top politicians are dropping out from the WEF‘s highly publicised list of top VIPs.
Last-minute cancellations happen more or less every year, but this year it’s at an alarming rate.
Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama, mired in domestic political turmoil and facing busy Parliament sessions at home, has pulled out of the forum and is sending his strategy minister Sengoku instead. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided not to make a detour from London where he’s due to attend a conference on Afghanistan this week.
While Davos offers a unique opportunity to network with the global elite, world leaders may be busier extinguishing political fires at home.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, assessing U.S. proposals for restarting talks with Palestinians , also pulled out, while Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President of Nigeria, is still receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia for a heart condition.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes also has other priorities than schmoozing in the ski resort: helping out the earthquake-struck Haiti.
Other high-profile dropouts include the prime ministers of Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt, Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Middle East envoy Tony Blair and the Crown Prince of Dubai.
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