Most heads of state from the richest nations — including the United States — didn’t bother to show up, drawing a rebuke from the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. Many world leaders, including those who run most of the richest countries, are choosing to look the other way. “We have reached a level of human suffering without parallel since the founding of the United Nations” 70 years ago. These are all sensible aspirations, but unless world leaders make binding commitments to carry them out they’re unlikely to be met. “It’s disappointing that some world leaders could not be here, especially from the G-7 countries,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2016 18:22 UTC