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UNITED NATIONS, SEPT. 21. The Presidents of Brazil and France on Monday inspired 110 countries to back a new United Nations declaration to fight hunger and poverty and to increase funds for development, but the United States was not among them. More than 50 heads of state and Government joined a debate on Monday at the U.N. that focused on the impact of globalisation and on ways to finance the war against poverty. The French President, Jacques Chirac, called the pledge to take action ``unprecedented". Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, declared, ``the issue of hunger has once and for all become a political priority.'' Asked whether he was concerned by the lack of U.S. support for the initiative that he launched, Mr. Silva said the U.S. had taken an important step by sending a representative. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ann Veneman, said her Government objected to proposals for international taxes, saying they would be inherently undemocratic and impossible to implement. Mr. Chirac said he and Mr. Silva would propose new approaches to fund the alleviation of poverty.``I believe taxation is a necessity,'' he said at a press conference following the meeting. The final declaration didn't focus on a specific proposal but asked Governments to take ``resolute and urgent actions'' to ensure that the 2015 goals are met, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the need is the greatest. AP
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