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David Shankbone

Secretary-General urges leaders to heed public calls for global economic justice

17 October 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his call for the leaders of the world’s biggest economies to restore public confidence in the global economic system, saying that mass protests in numerous cities around the world are the result of frustrations with inequality
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi of China

G-20 should play bigger role in global economic governance, China tells UN debate

26 September 2011
The Group of 20, the recently established bloc of major industrialized and developed economies, should have a greater role in global economic affairs, China’s Foreign Minister said today as he called on United Nations Member States to work more closely together to pursue development.