UN CHIEF URGES WORLD LEADERS TO ANSWER DEMANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE FOR DIGNITY, DEVELOPMENT

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UN CHIEF URGES WORLD LEADERS TO ANSWER DEMANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE FOR
DIGNITY, DEVELOPMENTNew York, Sep 24 2013 10:00AMDeclaring that
"leadership makes the difference," United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon today urged heads of State and Government gathered in New
York to "hear the call of history" and, through hard work, commitment
and integrity, answer the just demands of their people for human
dignity and sustainable development.

"We come together not to preserve the status quo, but to drive our
world forward," said Mr. Ban, delivering his annual report on the work
of the Organization and challenging Member States to take bold steps
and work together to tackle a host of concerns – from crafting a
post-2015 sustainability agenda, to agreeing on a new climate change
regime and bringing parties in Syria to the negotiating table to end
nearly three years of bloodshed.

"In the streets and squares across the world, people are pressing
those in power. They want you, the world's leaders, to listen. They
want to know that we are doing all it takes to secure a life of
dignity for all," said the UN chief, ahead of the General Debate of
the General Assembly's 68th session.

While noting that the current era was one of wondrous opportunity, he
said that the pressures on the planet and people are building. Young
people are without jobs; the world's climate is warming; and scattered
conflicts remained unresolved. "Events are moving with 21st century
speed, often outpacing the efforts of institutions and systems built
for another age," said Mr. Ban.

For more than a decade, the end of the year 2015 has been on the
horizon. "What once seemed a distant moment is now just around the
corner. It is the year by which the world has pledged to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)," and in which the international
community will adopt a new development agenda. It is also the year in
which stakeholders have agreed to complete a global legal agreement on
climate change.

"2015 is a historic opportunity," he said, noting that the MDGs
captured the imagination, generated remarkable gains and beat back
doubts about development itself. "Yet on some goals, we lag badly," he
said, noting that inequality is growing, and too many people face
exploitation – from the fields to the factory floor.

"A new development agenda must be as inspiring as the MDGs, but it
must go further," the UN chief declared, urging a universal framework
with ending poverty as a top priority, sustainable development at its
core and governance as its glue. It must find expression in a single
set of goals and the three dimensions of sustainable development must
be treated equally: there must be no deferring the environment or
social injustice until later, once economic growth is ensured.

Moreover, the rights of women and girls must be at the heart of all
such efforts, he continued, calling for the 21st century to be the
century of women.

Turning to climate change, the Secretary-General said the impacts of
the phenomenon "threaten all our development gains." Indeed, the
rising human and economic toll affects everyone, with the world's
poorest and most vulnerable people harmed "first and worst."

Nevertheless, while the planet and its scientists were sending a clear
message, "there is opportunity amid this peril," and he invited all
delegations to attend a climate summit in New York at this time next
year to identify ways to "change the way we do business, plan our
cities, fuel our homes and factories, and move our goods and
ourselves."

He challenged Member States to bring bold pledges to the summit that
will help close the "emissions gap" and put the world on track for an
ambitious legal agreement through the UN Climate Change Convention
framework. "Let us seize the 2015 challenge: a final push for the
MDGs, new direction on energy and climate and an inspiring new
development framework," he declared.

Turning next to what he called the "biggest peace and security crisis
in the world," Mr. Ban said the crisis in Syria, where well over 100,
000 people have been killed and over 7 million have fled their homes,
has destabilized the Middle East. "We have seen the worst chemical
weapons attack on civilians in a quarter century," he said, also
underscoring that a "lost generation" of young people now filled
refugee camps.

"We face a moment of reckoning. The Syrian Government must fully and
quickly honour the obligations it has assumed in acceding to the
Chemical Weapons Convention," he declared, adding that the
international community must bring to justice the perpetrators of
chemical weapons use, and, with equal determination, ensure the
safeguarding and destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles
and programmes.

At the same time, he stressed that the majority of the killings and
atrocities in the country had been wrought by conventional weapons and
he appealed to all States to stop fuelling the bloodshed and to end
the arms flows to all parties.

"I look forward to the imminent adoption of an enforceable Security
Council resolution on chemical weapons," the UN chief said, which
should be followed up immediately by humanitarian action. In that
context, UN human rights monitors could play a more useful role in
reporting and deterring further violations.

"I call on the Syrian Government and the opposition to uphold their
obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law," he
said, urging them to lift all obstacles to humanitarian access and end
the "unconscionable" targeting of medical facilities and personnel.

Full accountability for serious international crimes is also vital,
Mr. Ban continued, noting such steps as referral to the International
Criminal Court (ICC) or through other means consistent with
international law.

"The response to the heinous use of chemical weapons has created
diplomatic momentum – the first signs of unity in far too long. Now we
must build on it to get the parties to the negotiating table," he
said, as the only answer is a political settlement.

In that context, he appealed to the Syrian Government and the
opposition – and all those in the Assembly hall with influence over
the parties – to make the so-called "Geneva II" conference a reality.
"It is time to end the killing and to reach the peace the Syrian
people need and deserve," he said.

The Secretary-General went on to note that the historic transitions in
the Middle East and North Africa have stumbled or slowed, and that
springs of opportunity are giving way to winters of disillusionment.
Yet, amid immense challenges, the story of the region was still being
written, and he urged the international community to seize potential
openings and respond to declarations of good will.

He welcomed the re-engagement of Israelis and Palestinians in direct
negotiations, "and the bold diplomacy that made this possible." He
urged the parties to show leadership on the ground and noted that the
diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East peace process will meet on the
margins of the General Debate later in the week to lend its support.

Turning to Africa, where he saw the continent's people writing new
chapters of dynamism, democracy and sustained, impressive economic
growth, Mr. Ban noted that while political progress in Somalia and the
new framework for hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
"are gains to build on," misery and volatility still haunted the Sahel
region.

Further, there was had been a breakdown in law and order in the
Central African Republic (CAR) and while millions of people were
suffering there, the UN humanitarian appeal was "woefully
underfunded."

And in just the past week, in appalling attacks in Kenya, Pakistan and
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