Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) ushers Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a leaders lunch following a forum of leaders from Africa and South American nations at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on its final day in Bangkok February 19. Economic and natonal leaders from around the world have gathered in Bangkok for the past week to thrash out a new plan for economic growth and global trade for the next four years.

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