    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 25 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
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    Statement on the G-7 Agreement To Help Poor Nations

    June 18, 1999

        The G-7 agreement we reached today is an historic step to help the
    world's poorest nations achieve sustained growth and independence while
    targeting new resources for poverty reduction, education, and combating
    AIDS. It represents a sound, humane effort to promote widely shared
    prosperity in the new millennium.

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