U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday stressed the importance of education in addressing global poverty at an international academic conference in Seoul.
In his keynote address to the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) forum at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Ban said that the academic community’s role is crucial in saving and improving the lives of the poor.
“It is clear to me that academic institutions around the world have placed significant importance on supporting the United Nations. The question now is how we translate these deepening ties into a life-saving and life-improving progress for the world’s poor,” said Ban.
His speech was followed by congratulatory speeches by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and Education Minister Lee Ju-ho.
Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, arrived here Tuesday, his first visit to Korea since he was elected to a second five-year term as U.N. chief in June.
He has said sustainable development will be his top priority during his second term, which starts on Jan. 1 next year.
The three issues that are of utmost urgency are “nutrition security, sustainable development and tolerance,” said Ban.
He added that Korea’s hosting of the forum was significant in the sense that this year is the 20th anniversary of Korea joining the United Nations.
Participants of the conference, which continues until Friday, will discuss ways to solve various global challenges. More than 350 people, including presidents of the 10 UNAI hub universities and Korean university presidents, took part in the forum.
The conference, held for the first time in Asia, was first founded by Ban in 2008 with the purpose of helping developing nations not only through providing material aid, but to teach them ways in which they can stand on their own.
The forum aims to solve global challenges, such as poverty, through education, specifically focusing on building a higher educational capacity for sustainable development to realize the eight millennium development goals set by the global body.
Kim Young-gil, chairman of the Korean Council for University Education, said in his welcoming speech that the country’s rise from a poverty-stricken nation is significant in its hosting of the event.
“From a major recipient of aid to a donor country, Korea’s success story could help bridge the gap between the developed and the developing worlds,” he said.
In confronting global challenges, it is difficult to solve these issues without the help of universities, he added.
There are 675 universities from 104 countries currently registered as members of UNAI and 47 of them are from Korea.
The forum is co-hosted by the Korean Council for University Education, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
In his keynote address to the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) forum at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Ban said that the academic community’s role is crucial in saving and improving the lives of the poor.
“It is clear to me that academic institutions around the world have placed significant importance on supporting the United Nations. The question now is how we translate these deepening ties into a life-saving and life-improving progress for the world’s poor,” said Ban.
His speech was followed by congratulatory speeches by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and Education Minister Lee Ju-ho.
Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, arrived here Tuesday, his first visit to Korea since he was elected to a second five-year term as U.N. chief in June.
He has said sustainable development will be his top priority during his second term, which starts on Jan. 1 next year.
The three issues that are of utmost urgency are “nutrition security, sustainable development and tolerance,” said Ban.
He added that Korea’s hosting of the forum was significant in the sense that this year is the 20th anniversary of Korea joining the United Nations.
Participants of the conference, which continues until Friday, will discuss ways to solve various global challenges. More than 350 people, including presidents of the 10 UNAI hub universities and Korean university presidents, took part in the forum.
The conference, held for the first time in Asia, was first founded by Ban in 2008 with the purpose of helping developing nations not only through providing material aid, but to teach them ways in which they can stand on their own.
The forum aims to solve global challenges, such as poverty, through education, specifically focusing on building a higher educational capacity for sustainable development to realize the eight millennium development goals set by the global body.
Kim Young-gil, chairman of the Korean Council for University Education, said in his welcoming speech that the country’s rise from a poverty-stricken nation is significant in its hosting of the event.
“From a major recipient of aid to a donor country, Korea’s success story could help bridge the gap between the developed and the developing worlds,” he said.
In confronting global challenges, it is difficult to solve these issues without the help of universities, he added.
There are 675 universities from 104 countries currently registered as members of UNAI and 47 of them are from Korea.
The forum is co-hosted by the Korean Council for University Education, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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