Obama calls on world leaders to do more to help refugees

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who also gave his final address to the UN General Assembly, said it was up to the world to show “strong leadership, and in particular, compassion”.

He has also accused the Syrian government of killing innocent civilians during the brutal Syrian war and said “powerful patrons that keep feeding the war machine also have blood on their hands”.

“We can not avert our eyes or turn our backs”.

Moscow backs Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government; Washington supports what it deems “moderate” rebels.

“The conflict in Syria is taking the greatest number of lives and sowing the widest instability”.

He insisted China’s buildup in the South China Sea – which he dismissed as the “militarization of a few rocks”- could not provide a lasting solution to the territorial disputes there. He said it was continuing to drop barrel bombs on neighborhoods and torture thousands of detainees.

“The United Nations has failed in its role of finding solutions to worldwide problems and has not succeeded in resolving any conflict”, the ministry said.

But Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday’s lunch was unique.

In his speech he called on world leaders to recognize that the important positions they hold are a reflection of the trust the people have in them and “not personal property”.

“I can best serve my own people; I can best look after my own daughters by making sure that my actions seek what is right for all people and all children”, Obama said.

The secretary-general’s second five-year term ends December 31.

He says while he has much to be proud of, he has expressed his regret for sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers in Central African Republic and the UN’s part in a cholera outbreak in Haiti.

A summit hosted by US President Barack Obama garnered pledges from dozens of countries to resettle or allow the lawful admission of some 360,000 refugees, doubling the number of slots that were available a year ago, the US envoy to the United Nations said.

Standing before the 193-member United Nations body, Obama sought in broad strokes to lay out a blueprint for addressing other unresolved conflicts. We see liberal societies express opposition when women choose to cover themselves.

He also referred to current crises tearing the world apart, including Russian Federation attempting to recover lost glory through force by interfering in the affairs of its neighbours, and the South China Sea, where a peaceful resolution of disputes offered by law will mean far greater stability than the militarization of a few rocks and reefs.

“You’ll see kids interacting with all kinds of different kids”.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said that a global response was needed against terrorists who are exploiting banking networks, targeting airlines and using social media “to spread an ideology that is recruiting people to their cause all over the world”. They did so against a backdrop of mounting bloodshed and a failing cease-fire in Syria, escalating attacks around the world by Islamic extremists, and millions of people fleeing fighting and poverty.