In progress at UNHQ
Secretary-General
The commitments expressed here today at the G-8 and Major Economies Forum (MEF) Leader’s meeting, while welcome, are not sufficient. Much more needs to be done if Governments are to seal the deal on a new climate agreement in December in Copenhagen.
The time for delays and half-measures is over. The personal leadership of every Head of State or Government is needed to seize this moment to protect people and the planet from one of the most serious challenges ever to confront humanity.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bangkok from Yangon, Myanmar, for a brief stopover on the evening of Saturday, 4 July.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Yangon from Singapore in the morning of Friday 3 July, for a two-day visit to Myanmar.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Singapore from Tokyo, Japan, in the late afternoon of Thursday, 2 July.