United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged developed countries not to neglect climate change as they tend to a global economic slowdown and called on rich nations to help poor countries prone to global warming.
Ban said Bangladesh had been at the forefront of disaster prevention and was a good example of how a vulnerable developing country can strengthen its resilience against catastrophic events such as super cyclone Sidr, which ravaged the south of the country on 15 November 2007, killing some 3 500 people and displacing some two million. Sidr came after floods that killed some 1 500 people and damaged about 2 million tonnes of food.
Ban was speaking at the end of a visit to Bangladesh.
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