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In paragraph 80, the Secretary-General had also mentioned the terrible consequences of disasters which continued to fall disproportionately on the shoulders of the world's poor, and the spate of hurricanes which had battered the Caribbean recently had been illustrative.
Le Secrétaire général fait aussi mention, au paragraphe 80, des terribles conséquences des catastrophes dont les pauvres continuent à être les principales victimes, ce qui s'est vérifié récemment lors de la série de cyclones qui s'est abattue sur les Caraïbes.
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