U.N. chief backs Gore on climate change
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he intends to use SEARCH
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Ban said that during a meeting early Friday morning the former U.S. vice-president, whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" recently won two
Academy Awards, offered to help the United Nations tackle the problem."He offered strong support and commitment to work very closely with me, and I am going to fully use his very powerful political message to mobilize political will and thus enhance the awareness of the international community with this issue," the secretary-general said.
Gore, who is one of voters' top choices for the Democratic presidential nomination even though he says he's not running, had a half-hour conversation with Ban. But he refused to talk to reporters on his way out except to confirm, when asked if they discussed climate change, "Of course!"
Ban reiterated that addressing the global warming problem will be one of his top priorities as secretary-general.
" I am going to take an important role in mobilizing political will in close coordination with the SEARCH
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Ban commended the EU's voluntary cuts, which he called "a very important initiative with which I would like to continue to cooperate fully."
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