United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon struck a personal note in his opening remarks, as he recalled his childhood as a displaced person at the close of World War II when his mother, like other women enjoyed little help bringing children into the world.

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Ms. Jaeger's foundation, Little Star, serves children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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Jaeger's foundation, Little Star, serves children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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The schools are open to children aged one to 11 and use a curriculum featuring Mickey Mouse, the Little Mermaid and other Disney characters.

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These children, you see, believed that the world was round, and that on the other side the little Australian boys and girls were really walking wrong way up, like flies on the ceiling, with their heads hanging down into the air.

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