UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference ahead of Saturday's UN Conference on Financing for Development, in Doha November 28, 2008. EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso called on Friday for a 'human rescue' plan alongside financial rescue packages, as aid agencies rapped most other major world leaders for staying away from the UN summit on aid.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (R) shakes hand with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon before the start of the UN conference on financing for development in Doha November 29, 2008. Western leaders as well as the heads of the IMF and World Bank will not attend a UN conference in Doha on financing for development as the developed world remains preoccupied with global financial turmoil.

(Xinhua News Agency November 30, 2008)