Assembly President hopes next year’s Mexico meeting will forge climate pact
22 December 2009 – While most countries are not happy with the outcome of this month’s summit on climate change in Copenhagen, “really good progress” was made towards a binding agreement “to save the world,” with the United Nations leading the way to possible adoption at next year’s meeting in Mexico, General Assembly President Ali Treki said today.
Ban calls on leaders to attend Millennium Development Goals summit next September
21 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world leaders to attend a summit next September to boost efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which seek to slash a host of social ills, ranging from extreme poverty and hunger to maternal and infant mortality to lack of access to education and health care, all by 2015.
Secretary-General calls for greater international cooperation and solidarity
21 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater collective action as he marked International Solidarity Day during a year when the global financial and economic crisis may have pushed as many as 100 million people into poverty, and as the world faces challenges stemming from climate change to food insecurity.
United action on global scale needed to clinch new climate pact, says Ban
21 December 2009 – Acknowledging that the climate change deal reached over the weekend in Copenhagen was not ideal for all nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted world leaders to act in concert to ensure that a legally binding treaty is reached next year.
Climate change deal marks an 'essential beginning,' Ban says
19 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the climate change deal reached by world leaders at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen, calling it an "essential beginning" that contains progress on all key fronts, but adding that work must now focus on turning the deal into a legally binding treaty.
Ban appeals for corporate leadership in building sustainable, inclusive markets
18 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the private sector to take the helm in the “urgent task” of building markets that are more sustainable and inclusive.
Ban entreats leaders to seal climate deal on final day of Copenhagen talks
18 December 2009 – The eyes of the world are on world leaders gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, calling on nations to ‘seal the deal’ on an ambitious new climate change agreement for the sake of humanity.
New climate change deal in sight, Ban says as Copenhagen talks near end
17 December 2009 – With only 24 hours to go before the scheduled end of the historic United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced optimism that a new agreement will be reached.
Climate change driving displacement, says UN refugee chief
16 December 2009 – Climate change is the biggest factor driving forced displacement, a top United Nations official said today, underscoring that global warming is blurring the traditional distinction between refugees and migrants.
With better stoves, UN aims to cut risk of murder, rape for women seeking firewood
16 December 2009 – The United Nations today launched a pilot project to provide fuel-efficient stoves to some 150,000 women in Sudan and Uganda to cut the risks of murder, rape and other violence they face in gathering firewood, while at the same time protecting the environment.
