United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with members of Hollywood’s creative community, to enlist their help in promoting the objectives of the international body. Mr. Ban later spoke with students at the University of California, Los Angeles, on how they can pursue such goals as global development and environmental protection.
Speaking Tuesday at UCLA, the United Nations official said he hoped to promote such global goals as peace and stability, balanced development and the rights of women.
Mr. Ban recalled his own experience as a high school student in 1962, when he won an essay contest sponsored by the Red Cross and got the chance to meet US President John F. Kennedy. He also stayed with a family near San Francisco as an exchange student, and says the experience opened his eyes to the world outside his native South Korea.
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Source: VOA News
Video of the lecture at UCLA here
Source UCLA International Institute
“Go forth to change the world. You are going to be the leaders of society,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon