Secretary-General and U.S. Senators Brief Media in Washington
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) speaks at a joint press conference with, from left to right, U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman, John Kerry and Richard Lugar. During his one-day visit to Washington D.C. Mr. Ban urged the U.S. to take a leading role in forging a new climate change treaty, an important objective for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.