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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the work of the United Nations will continue despite an attack on its staff in Afghanistan.He said that an agreement in Copenhagen is crucial and no time should be lost, calling climate change the most important issue of this century.Climate change is the leading geopolitical and economic issue of this century, the 20th century. These are crucial days, we have only 4 weeks to go before the Copenhagen next month. From the moment I took office as secretary general I have urged leaders of the world to make climate change a top priority, Ban said in Athens during a speech to Greece's parliament.
