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标  题: 联合国排名世界最适于居住国家
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Jun 13 12:42:37 1997)

Canada is tops again. so says the United Nations.

Attached is part of a Toronto star article which appeared
on the front page of June 12, 1997.

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Canada still rated best place to live

But U.N. report criticizes record on child poverty

By Allan Thompson
Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau

OTTAWA - Canada has been ranked by the United Nations as the best country
in the world in which to live - for the fourth year in a row.

But the annual report of the United Nations Development Program raises
serious concerns about Canada's poor record on child poverty and treatment
of aboriginal people.

Canada tops the list of 175 countries ranked according to the U.N. agency's
``human development index,'' which takes into account life expectancy,
literacy, school enrollment, gross domestic product and education.

The top 10 countries, in order, are Canada, France, Norway, the United
States, Iceland, The Netherlands, Japan, Finland, New Zealand and Sweden.
Sierra Leone is ranked as the worst place to live.

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