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United Nations
UN undeterred in facing challenges, Secretary-General tells future leaders
16 May 2008 - The United Nations must not be deterred by the threat of
terrorism and the challenge of limited resources from trying to meet
its responsibilities, such as curbing climate change, promoting peace
and encouraging economic development around the world,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told students.
Addressing the Model UN Conference in New York yesterday, Mr. Ban said
the world body often needs greater support financial and political to
achieve its tasks, such as in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan,
where the hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) has
been deployed to try to quell the fighting and humanitarian suffering.
He added that last Decembers terror attack in Algiers, Algeria, which
claimed the lives of 17 staff members, illustrated that the UN is now
under threat.
But we are not deterred by these tough conditions, the
Secretary-General stated. If anything, we are more determined than
ever to press forward with our mission to promote peace, development
and human rights.
He appealed for enhanced resources, government backing from Member
States and global support.
Mr. Ban also encouraged participants at the Model UN Conference to aim
high and to blaze trails on a global scale.
You have a higher sense of purpose that draws you to think beyond the
borders of your own countries, he told the students. I want to
encourage you continue on this path, and to dream big.
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