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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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Engaging the Public

Global Citizen Festival

Ban Ki-moon on stage at the Global Citizen Festival with UN Peace Messenger Stevie Wonder; together with 60,000 activists in Central Park, they lifted their voices to end extreme poverty.

Speaking to graduates

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged young scholars to “change the world” through global citizenship, and to help the United Nations respond as “one human family.”

Climate change and youth

Secretary-General holds a video conference with a group of youth attending the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. The UN wants to ensure their voices are heard, he told them.

'I need your engagement'

The Secretary-General meets members of youth organizations in Madrid during events marking the 1000-day countdown to the target date of reaching UN’s anti-poverty goals.

img open quoteThis continent has endured discrimination of the worst kind. My dream is that Africa will provide a shining example to the world of tolerance, understanding, and respect for human rights.img close quote

Secretary-General Ban's remarks at the 26th African Union Summit, Addis Ababa, 30 Jan '16