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UN chief hails commitment of donors to world's poorest
Everyone has felt the earthquake on Wall Street. But it has not shaken the resolve of the United Nations.
He says Banks may be failing, but the world's bottom billion people can bank on the UN.
The Secretary-General says while the global financial crisis may have over-shadowed the work of the Organization, it did not dominate the efforts of the UN.
"Despite the market turmoil, we raised $16 billion. The generosity of these commitments is most encouraging, given the economic climate. It means the world is not forgetting the needs of the world's poorest people, notwithstanding the prospect of harder times. It means that, for all the obstacles, we have a good chance of meeting our Millennium Development Goals by 2015."
Secretary-General Ban urged world leaders to honour these pledges.
This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.
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