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Interior of lobby of Congress Centre, venue for World Economic Forum 2. News conference with United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:\"The population were already vulnerable...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Interior of lobby of Congress Centre, venue for World Economic Forum \u003cbr/\u003e2. News conference with United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The population were already vulnerable because of so many months of severely restricted supplies. That is why the humanitarian flash appeal for Gaza that we are announcing today is so timely and so important.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. News conference \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Over the past several weeks, unacceptable and terrible situations have taken place against the people, against the civilian people, and against particularly the United Nations compound, where many civilians were sheltered. I myself saw....visited and saw this compound which has been destroyed by Israeli forces was just again unacceptable, and I was very much frustrated and upset and angered at what I have seen.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shimon Peres, Israeli President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think so, yes. But I mean, it's a twilight period that may take a few days but I hope finally reason will prevail and peace will be welcomed by all parties.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter asks question about the UN's flash appeal for Gaza)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm all for it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Former US President Bill Clinton and World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, former US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"People are frightened now. There's a lot of fear out there in the economy. So I don't think that now is the best time in the world to get new trade agreements. But I also believe that intelligent people all over the world will see that this is not necessarily the time to pick new fights, either. We have to get out of this together.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, former US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main thing is to get through this as quickly as we can. I think that President (Barack) Obama has an excellent economic team and I think they'll make good decisions.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. Clinton taking photos with other delegates\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, former US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"That's why no one can answer you 'when will this be over?' But it's a good...I wouldn't be surprised to see if we get good cooperation throughout the world, this thing will bottom out within a year and then be on the way back up.\" \u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk entering room and shaking hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin \u003cbr/\u003e14. Tusk leaving hotel and approaching media\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I can be optimistic, more optimistic than before. I feel that this kind of issue is not the preferred option for Russia and it's hope. I'm not sure. It's hope. But I feel that Prime Minister Putin said very seriously that he wants to find other solutions.\" \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of Tusk speaking to reporters\u003cbr/\u003eDiscussions on the world economic crisis and the situation in the Middle East took centre stage at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, whilst on the sidelines Russia and Poland leaders met to discuss tensions over missile deployment. \u003cbr/\u003eThe United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for 613 (m) million US dollars to help Palestinians in Gaza recover from the devastation caused by Israel's three-week offensive. \u003cbr/\u003eUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos on Thursday, said the help was urgently needed.\u003cbr/\u003eHe recalled that he had been deeply moved and angered by his visit to Gaza and that he gave his word that the UN would help the people of the territory in their hour of need.\u003cbr/\u003eBan said the appeal covered the requirements of the UN and other aid organisations for the next six to nine months and would help provide everything from medical care to clean water.\u003cbr/\u003eThe UN chief told reporters that an appeal for longer-term needs would be launched later.\u003cbr/\u003eAsked what he thought of the appeal, Israeli President Shimon Peres said he was in favour of it.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd talking about the recent renewal of tit-for-tat violence between Hamas and Israeli forces, he expressed hope that \"finally reason will prevail and peace will be welcomed by all parties\".\u003cbr/\u003ePeres made his remarks after speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum.\u003cbr/\u003eThe annual gathering of 25-hundred business and corporate leaders in Davos is meeting under the shadow of the world economic crisis.\u003cbr/\u003eFormer US President Bill Clinton on Thursday said that countries needed to work together in overcoming the economic challenges facing the world.\u003cbr/\u003eClinton told an audience at the WEF that there was a lot of \"fear out there in the economy\" and that countries would have to \"get out of this together\".\u003cbr/\u003eThe annual gathering of two and a half thousand business and corporate leaders is taking place amid economic gloom that has seen personal fortunes trimmed, companies shuttered and hundreds of thousands jobs lost. \u003cbr/\u003eThe failure of the world's financial community and of regulators to detect and deflect the spiralling crisis has left many groping for answers and questioning what went wrong.\u003cbr/\u003eClinton told AP Television that although it was hard to predict when the world would emerge from the current crisis, he \"wouldn't be surprised to see if we get good cooperation throughout the world, this thing, will bottom out within a year\".\u003cbr/\u003eThe former president also said the US needed to assume global responsibility for the crisis and for spurring international recovery, as called for Wednesday at the forum by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also praised US President Barack Obama's efforts to push through an 819 (b) billion US dollar stimulus package that passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday and said Republicans should get on board.\u003cbr/\u003e\"President Obama has an excellent economic team and I think they'll make good decisions,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eLeaders attending the World Economic Forum have welcomed Obama's massive economic plan aimed at helping America get through the financial crisis hitting the global economy. \u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Poland failed to obtain assurances from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russia would back off a threat to put Russian missiles near the Polish border.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was \"optimistic\" about the situation.\u003cbr/\u003ePutin met his Polish counterpart at the WEF amid tensions between the two neighbours over the missile issue and over Russian natural gas supplies.\u003cbr/\u003eThe meeting came a day after a Russian military official reportedly said Moscow would back off its pledge to deploy missiles near Poland if the US followed through with plans to put a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Russian comments were reported by the Interfax news agency in a report the Kremlin distanced itself from, but that may have been aimed at testing US President Barack Obama's intent to build the shield.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I can be optimistic, more optimistic than before,\" Tusk said. \"I feel that this kind of issue is not the preferred option for Russia and it's hope. 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