Secretary-General Thanks China for ‘Timely and Precious’ Donation

 

of 30-Metre Global Land Cover Data Sets

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the handover of the 30-metre Global Land Cover Dataset, in New York today:

On behalf of the United Nations system, allow me to express my sincere gratitude to the People’s Republic of China for this generous donation of the 30‑metre Global Land Cover Datasets.

The World needs solid, science-based information for making wise decisions for sustainable development.

This donation is very timely and precious.  Tomorrow, global leaders will gather at the United Nations to participate in the Climate Change Summit and to confirm their commitments to action.

These detailed data sets will help us to better understand, monitor and manage changes in land cover and land use all over our planet.

I commend you for this laudable example of information sharing.

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