Brown Calls For Unity

Gordon Brown,the British Prime Minister,said that the economic downturn can only be ended by international cooperation.Individual countries can do a great deal to help their own economies,but only global efforts can provide a long term solution,through better regulation and coordinated intervention.The International Monetary Fund and World Bank must play a larger role in crisis prevention and resolution.Only a truly international response of policy and governance can be effective,Mr.Brown stated.If we all coordinate our response,there will be a quicker global,and therefore British,recovery,he maintained.Mr.Brown plans to meet with CEOs of the largest international banks in April to discuss dealing with global financial problems.