Nigeria: UN Seeks to Tackle Global Economic Crisis

20 May 2012

United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has called for a new paradigm for growth that would ensure social inclusiveness, job opportunities, and more accountability from the financial sector to tackle current global economic crisis.

Addressing a high-level thematic debate on world economy at the UN headquarters in New York, Ban gave a frank assessment of the state of the global economy saying, "Let us face the facts: the old model is broken. We need to create a new one - a new model for dynamic growth."

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