UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Met with Chairman Wang Anshun

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Summary of the Conversation Where the United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Met with Chairman Wang Anshun during the discussion of the World Tourism Cities Federation. Wang Anshun and his delegation were warmly welcomed during their visit to the United Nations.

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With the progress of globalization and the development of economic and social development, people from different countries all have an advantage that they can go to other countries and learn their cultures through travel, transportation and others. They don’t only experience other countries’ cultures, traditions or arts, but also communicate and interact with the people in those countries in this way.

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I have noticed that the officially approved members of the World Tourism Cities Federation are mostly large cities, populated cities and cities which have a very well-developed tourism industry. With the progress of urbanization, those cities all face some common problems in their development. The World Tourism Cities Federation is committed to the sustainable tourism development, sustainable organization development and sustainable city development when it boosts the development of city tourism. These things are the top priorities and most concerned questions of the United Nations. The Deputy Secretary-General Wu Hongbo is in charge of the work that boosts sustainable development. I hope that the World Tourism Cities Federation and large city Beijing led by you can closely cooperate with the United Nations, especially the United Nations Economic and Social Organization and together boost the sustainable development of cities and even the whole world. I believe that the World Tourism Cities Federation led by you must meet your expected target – the 100 member target through two or three years of development.

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We anticipate that the World Tourism Cities Federation led by you can make greater contributions to boost and promote cities’ sustainable development, people’s understanding and communication. This is very important.

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