United Nations Radio

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a series of meetings in Beijing Wednesday with the senior Chinese leadership, including President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jinbao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

A UN spokeswoman says throughout his meetings, the secretary-general called for greater Chinese involvement in tackling the major pressing issues facing humanity, such as the effort to combat climate change, to address soaring food prices and to attain the Millennium Development Goals.

In those meetings, Secretary-general Ban and the senior Chinese officials also discussed UN-China relations, UN reform, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, Kosovo, the Middle East, the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia.

Earlier, the Secretary-General had visited the site of the Olympic Games, where he received a tour of the visitor centre and got a firsthand look at "Birdnest Stadium". He told reporters afterward that he was impressed at the preparations for the Olympics.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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