Secretary-General Meets U.S. Senators in Washington
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (third from left) meets with, from left to right, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, Richard Lugar and John Kerry in Washington D.C. During his one-day visit with congressional leaders Mr. Ban urged the U.S. to play a major role in forging a new climate change treaty, an important objective for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.