Mexican president floats international anti-poverty plan in U.N. speech

(Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday pitched a worldwide anti-poverty plan that seeks to uplift some 750 million poor americans who are living on lower than $2 a day and would be financed generally by using rich.

In a speech to the United nations, Lopez Obrador stressed out that the plan may provide the world's bad masses "a dignified life" thanks to voluntary contributions from the richest people, companies and countries.

Lopez Obrador proposed that the program be funded with the aid of an annual four% contribution from the fortunes of the 1,000 richest individuals and corporations, plus a donation from G20 international locations comparable to 0.2% of their economies.

"The substances of this fund must reach the beneficiaries at once, with none intermediaries, by means of ability of a customized card or electronic pockets," he observed, adding that the area financial institution and the international fiscal Fund may assist design the fund.

Mexico holds the rotating presidency of the 15-member U.N. safety Council and Lopez Obrador spoke on the session on the body's new york headquarters. The leftist leader made the feedback on most effective his 2nd shuttle backyard Mexico throughout his first three years as president.

(Reporting with the aid of Mexico city newsroom; editing by David Alire Garcia and Dan Grebler)