Following is the text of remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon to the Alliance of Small Island Developing States Summit on Climate Change, Monday, 21 September:
Following is the text of remarks made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the student observance of the International Day of Peace, today, in New York:
“The near poor are becoming the new poor” as a result of the global financial crisis, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations said today at Headquarters, as she announced the development of the United Nations Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System, or “GIVAS”.