 Secretary-General Kofi Annan "warmly welcomed" on Tuesday the adoption by the French Parliament of levying a tax on airline tickets issued locally to benefit the health sector in developing countries, urging other countries to follow France's lead with similar measures, his press office said in a statement. "This is a significant step, raising additional sources of innovative financing in support of the efforts by developing countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)s," the statement said. "The Secretary-General strongly urges other countries to follow France's lead with similar measures," the statement added. | "Yasss, yass. The French have got it going on." |
Taxing airline passengers will begin next July.| You get the sense that the French are desparately trying to equate themselves with Senegal ... |
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