Reuters Alert Net 1 week ago

UN's Ban to lobby US Congress on climate change

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Washington on Tuesday to lobby U.S. congressional leaders and government officials over next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, U.N. officials said. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net

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