World leaders make progress on climate change and disarmament (Ban Ki-moon)
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 29 September 2009 - The meetings of world leaders at the General Assembly over the past week have made progress on major issues including climate change, nuclear disarmament and the global financial crisis with the United Nations playing a pivotal role, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. It is still early days, of course, but this has been one of the most engaged GA [General Assembly] sessions in years, he told a news conference at UN Headquarters in New York, summing up the opening of the Assemblys 64th annual General Debate and the meetings that took place on the sidelines. News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32340&Cr=ban&Cr1= View the entire Press Conference (Real Media, 36 minutes): http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressconference/2009/pc090929am1.rm General Debate website: http://www.un.org/ga/64/generaldebate/index.shtml
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