Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gestures during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Ban says the latest « very sobering » assessment of the World Bank underscores the world’s economic problems. The world should act with great urgency and compassion to ease economic distress. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)