[GJM] UN SECRETARY-GENERAL COMPARES CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO COLD WAR-ERA NUCLEAR THREAT

[robert searle]

Dear All,

      There is the claim going around that there is in
existence weather weapons. These could be used to
political advantage by certain foreign powers to try,
and distrupt things. This seeming "reality" does have
some credence.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control



R.Searle


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<http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm10893.doc.htm>
> 1 March 2007
> 	
> Secretary-General
> SG/SM/10893
> ENV/DEV/914
>
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> 
> *Department of Public Information . News and Media
> Division . New York*
> 
> 
>       SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING STUDENT
> CONFERENCE, COMPARES CHALLENGE
> 
> 
>       OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO COLD WAR-ERA NUCLEAR
> THREAT
> 
>      
> 
> 
>     Following is the text of UN Secretary-General
> Ban Ki-moon's address
>     to the United Nations International
> School-United Nations Conference
>     on "Global Warming: Confronting the Crisis", in
> New York, today, 1
>     March:
> 
> 
>     Welcome to the United Nations.  It is immensely
> gratifying for me to
>     see so many young faces in this General Assembly
> Hall.  Here in this
>     building, there is often talk about future
> generations and how best
>     to serve them.  Yet, it is a rare pleasure to
> actually welcome some
>     of tomorrow's leaders to today's United Nations.
> 
> 
>     Walking into this Hall right now, I felt the
> sense of possibility
>     and openness that all of you breathe into this
> space.  You are
>     unburdened by political agendas.  You are free
> of restrictive
>     governmental mandates.  Indeed, your gathering
> symbolizes much of
>     what is best about the United Nations: people of
> all nations and
>     varied viewpoints coming together to deliberate
> and deliver on the
>     foremost issues confronting the world.
> 
> 
>     Over these two days, as you consider the
> challenge of climate
>     change, I am confident that your discussions
> will benefit from the
>     sense of history and consequence permeating this
> chamber.  But, I
>     also believe that your energy can help inspire
> your older
>     counterparts -- such as myself.
> 
> 
>     As you know, I am somewhat new to the United
> Nations system, having
>     taken over as Secretary-General at the beginning
> of this year.  In
>     fact, I must confess to you that this is my
> first address on this
>     podium as Secretary-General of the United
> Nations since I was
>     elected.  I have been waiting already two
> months, but there has been
>     no General Assembly officially, and I am still
> waiting for an
>     official General Assembly presentation in this
> august body.  But,
>     believe it or not, after two months, this is my
> first time to
>     address any group of people on this podium since
> I was sworn in on
>     14 December.
> 
> 
>     Yet, like you, I started to identify with this
> Organization and its
>     ideals at a very early age.  A child of the
> Korean War, I grew up
>     viewing the United Nations as a saviour; an
> organization which
>     helped my country, the Republic of Korea,
> recover and rebuild from a
>     devastating conflict.  Because of decisions
> taken in this building,
>     my country was able to grow and prosper in
> peace.  This prosperity,
>     in turn, helped a boy from rural Korea to rise
> up through his
>     country's diplomatic ranks and eventually become
> Secretary-General
>     of the United Nations.
> 
> 
>     So, dear delegates, you may say that I not only
> believe passionately
>     in the mission of the United Nations to "save
> succeeding generations
>     from the scourge of war", I have benefited
> directly from it.
> 
> 
>     Yet, if there is one crucial difference between
> the era I grew up
>     in, and the world you inherit, it is of the
> relative dangers we
>     face.  For my generation, coming of age at the
> height of the cold
>     war, fear of a nuclear winter seemed the leading
> existential threat
>     on the horizon.
> 
>     *
>     *
> 
>     *Today, **war continues to threaten countless
> men, women and
>     children across the globe.  It is the source of
> untold suffering and
>     loss.  And the majority of the UN's work still
> focuses on preventing
>     and ending conflict.  But, the danger posed by
> war to all of
>     humanity -- and to our planet -- is at least
> matched by the climate
>     crisis and global warming.*
> 
>     *
>     *
> 
>     *By now, I believe that the world has reached a
> critical stage in
>     its efforts to exercise responsible
> environmental stewardship. 
>     Despite our best intentions and some admirable
> efforts to date,
>     degradation of the global environment continues
> unabated, and the
>     world's natural resource base is being used in
> an unsustainable manner.*
> 
>     *
>     *
> 
>     *Moreover, the effects of climate change are
> being felt around the
>     world.  The latest assessment by the
> Intergovernmental Panel on
>     Climate Change has established a strong link
> between human activity
>     and climate change.  The Panel's projections
> suggest that all
> 
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