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UN Day today:
Unite to face challenges
Dulshani GUNAWARDENA
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UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka and UNDP Resident
Representative Neil Buhne cuts the commemorative cake. Heads
of various UN subsidiaries including the United Nations High
Commission for Refugees, World Food Program and the Asian
Development Bank were also present. Picture by Sudath
Nishantha |
Delivering his message for the United Nations Day on October 24, UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for all nations to unite as one to
face the great challenges that the world faces today.
“This is a unique moment in world affairs,” said Ki-Moon; “Multiple
crises - food, fuel, financial, flu - are hitting at once. Climate
change looms larger every day. To page 12
Each illustrates a 21st-century truth: we share one planet, one home.
As people, as nations, as a species, we sink or swim together.
The UN Secretary General further noted the UN’s contribution and
commitment to defeat poverty and hunger, maintain world peace, expand
education and protect human rights.
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