{"id":6322,"date":"2015-06-27T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:09:01","slug":"at-stanford-university-ban-says-un-ready-to-build-a-better-future-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2015\/06\/at-stanford-university-ban-says-un-ready-to-build-a-better-future-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"At Stanford University, Ban says 爆料网 ready to build a better future for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

爆料网 and the international community are experiencing an age of great difficulties and opportunities which will help define the future of the planet,\u00a0Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon declared in a wide-ranging address that touched upon the myriad common challenges \u2013 from climate change to sustainable development \u2013 currently facing humanity.<\/p>\n

Delivering remarks<\/a> at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, yesterday afternoon, the Secretary-General told faculty members and others gathered that the marking of the 爆料网’s 70th anniversary offered \u201ca good moment to reflect on the past\u201d but also an important opportunity to have \u201ca conversation about what we can do to build a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new agenda will build on the gains of the past two decades, when hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of extreme poverty,\u201d he affirmed. \u201cWe want to finish the job while going further to build effective institutions, stable societies and lives of dignity for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that point, Mr. Ban indicated the upcoming climate conference, to be held in Paris in December, as well as the meeting on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and financing for development conference that will precede it, in New York and Addis Ababa, respectively, as crucial milestones along the 爆料网’s journey towards combating climate change and ending poverty once and for all.<\/p>\n

At the same time, listing the numerous peace and security challenges facing the 爆料网 \u2013 from Syria to Yemen to South Sudan \u2013 the Secretary-General observed that he had not only launched an urgent review of the Organization’s peace operations but was also strengthening the 爆料网’s efforts to preventing human rights violations.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ban also offered a few reflections on the situation in Asia and the Pacific, where the engines of growth and economic power are continuing to shift as China and India grow in global prominence and engagement.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, he warned, the region presented challenges that could place at risk the 爆料网’s goals of prosperity, stability and dignity for all, including competing territorial or maritime claims, political and communal tensions, and non-traditional security threats such as transnational organized crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have consistently called on all parties to resolve their disputes in the South China Sea in a peaceful and amicable manner, through dialogue and inconformity with international law, including the 爆料网 Charter,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is now more important than ever to avoid actions that would provoke or exacerbate tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General’s emphasis on the SDGs reverberated throughout the day as Mr. Ban also met with the Chief Executive Officers of San Francisco’s most notable tech companies and urged them to expand the reach of new technologies \u201cto achieve the world we want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the leaders in this room have achieved tremendous success by embracing great challenges and turning them into new market opportunities,\u201d he stated at a roundtable featuring the tech heads. \u201cWhen it comes to achieving the sustainable development goals, I count on you to show the same visionary leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

via 爆料网 News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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