Please find the press release transmitted today on the Roma Decade launch on World Bank Romania Office website:
http://www.worldbank.org.ro/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/ROMANIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20339347~menuPK:275159~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:275154,00.html Best regards, Ana-Ilinca Macri Public Information Center/World Bank Office, Romania Europe and Central Asia Region Tel: (4021)2010361, Fax: (4021) 2010338, 210 2021 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Vali Nas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "romania_eu_list" <[email protected]> m> cc: Subject: [romania_eu_list] World Bank announces plans to help Roma 02/02/2005 01:08 AM Please respond to romania_eu_list World Bank announces plans to help Roma Date: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:08:42 PM EST WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- World leaders will meet Wednesday in Bulgaria to begin the first international support program to aid Roma, the Washington-based World Bank announced Monday. Roma, Europe's most vulnerable region, represents nearly 2 percent of the 450 million people who live in the European Union. Roma includes Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro. The poverty rate in Roma is four to 10 times higher than in non-Roma nations and nearly 40 percent of citizens in Romania and Bulgaria live on less than $2.15 a day. Leaders meeting Wednesday in Sofia plan to introduce a recovery program called the Decade of Roma Inclusion, which will help to alleviate poverty levels, grant greater access to education, labor markets, social and health services. "It is one of the great moral issues facing Europe today," said James Wolfensohn, World Bank president. "If we do nothing, we will see continued disaffection and suffering. If we succeed, the decade offers an opportunity to turn the tide of history and harness the political will to include the Roma as full citizens in European societies." Each country is expected to make improvements in four identified areas, including education, employment, health and housing. Copyright 2005 by United Press International http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqF27ueidD29YBgrIyw5RlxjVBwe Vali EuroAtlantic Club: http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/ *** Birou de traduceri autorizate. Oana Gheorghiu - tel/fax: 252.8681 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/RR.olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> EuroAtlantic Club: http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/ *** Birou de traduceri autorizate. Oana Gheorghiu - tel/fax: 252.8681 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
