That prompted Mr. Montebourg in January to beseech Mr. Taylor to return to the table.

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We beseech policy makers in Washington to study a range of reform approaches that aren't burdened by as many untenable assumptions as Accountable Care Organizations, and go well beyond them in their aspirations.

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And I beseech all of you, who cover the work of the United Nations, to give the development agenda in 2004 the prominence it deserves.

UN: TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, ON 18 DECEMBER 2003