Leaders from the world's poorest nations expressed their disappointment and anger at a UN Summit on Sunday over the treatment of their countries by richer counterparts. Many called for the developed powers to come good with billions of dollars of promised aid to help them escape poverty and battle climate change. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres followed up his attack on the "predatory" interest rates imposed by international banks on poor states with a call for $500 billion to be mobilised for social and economic transformation. There was no major announcement of desperately needed cash at the summit, apart from $60 million that host Qatar said it would give to United Nations programmes.

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