Inter Press Service: As the spreading refugee crisis threatens to destabilize national budgets of donor nations in Western Europe, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday appealed to the international community not to forsake its longstanding commitment for development assistance to the world's poorer nations.
Ban's appeal comes two days after a UN pledging conference reported a "dramatic decline" in donor commitments: from 560 million dollars in 2014 to 77 million dollars in the most recent pledges, largely covering...