Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses student body of Hokkaido University during a visit to Japan, 8 July 2008
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The summit in Hokkaido provides an unprecedented opportunity for global leadership. We need the G-8 leaders' commitment and political will. We need them to join a Partnership for Food, and take the political, financial, and economic steps needed to stop the global food crisis from deepening. 
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in address to students at
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 8 July 2008.
Responding to new challenges:
My priorities as
Secretary-General
Ban-Ki-moon outlines his vision of a stronger UN for a better world.
“I am determined to make progress on the pressing issues of our time, step by step, by building on achievements along the way, working with Member States and civil society.”
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