UN head calls on youth to act now to ensure planet's sustainable future
Mon, 12/12/2011 - 2:53pm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on young people to help combat the multiple threats faced by the planet such as climate change and environmental destruction, to ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.
“We have only this Earth, and it is up to us to preserve it,” Ban told young people at the closing ceremony of the youth event at the Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Doha, Qatar.