What Issue Should the UN Address Most?

The Epoch Times asked people in New York City: “What issue should the United Nations address most?”
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What Issue Should the UN Address Most?
Renella Ferrer, Singer, Manhattan—Why can`t they predict chaotic things like storms and floods. If they can predict everything else, why can`t they predict these natural disasters that are about to happen so they can warn people, and they can move away from that and people won`t be dead. The Epoch Times
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/AdamouTankariGo_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/AdamouTankariGo_medium.jpg" alt="Adamou Tankari, 45, Security Officer from Niger—Every country can give some money to the people who are not very strong. My country is very, very poor. Countries that have a lot of money can help countries without money. (The Epoch Times)" title="Adamou Tankari, 45, Security Officer from Niger—Every country can give some money to the people who are not very strong. My country is very, very poor. Countries that have a lot of money can help countries without money. (The Epoch Times)" width="300" class="size-medium wp-image-65396"/></a>
Adamou Tankari, 45, Security Officer from Niger—Every country can give some money to the people who are not very strong. My country is very, very poor. Countries that have a lot of money can help countries without money. (The Epoch Times)
NEW YORK—This week the United Nations General Assembly is in session in Midtown Manhattan, attempting to tackle international issues it has deemed important. The Epoch Times asked people in New York City: “What issue should the United Nations address most?”
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/HollyOrsburn_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/HollyOrsburn_medium.JPG" alt="Holly Orsburn, 25,Hotel Caterer, Manhattan—I think that we're losing sight of environmental issues, and globally I think that's just a thing we can't ignore. I know there is a war going on, and there's all these political things going on, but I think that while that's going on we have the environment dwindling away. And if we don't work on that, that's not going to resolve itself, so it's like you're fighting against nature, and you can't really do that. (The Epoch Times)" title="Holly Orsburn, 25,Hotel Caterer, Manhattan—I think that we're losing sight of environmental issues, and globally I think that's just a thing we can't ignore. I know there is a war going on, and there's all these political things going on, but I think that while that's going on we have the environment dwindling away. And if we don't work on that, that's not going to resolve itself, so it's like you're fighting against nature, and you can't really do that. (The Epoch Times)" width="300" class="size-medium wp-image-65397"/></a>
Holly Orsburn, 25,Hotel Caterer, Manhattan—I think that we're losing sight of environmental issues, and globally I think that's just a thing we can't ignore. I know there is a war going on, and there's all these political things going on, but I think that while that's going on we have the environment dwindling away. And if we don't work on that, that's not going to resolve itself, so it's like you're fighting against nature, and you can't really do that. (The Epoch Times)
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/RebbeccaShawl_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/RebbeccaShawl_medium.JPG" alt="Rebecca Shawl, 24, Finance, Manhattan—I would like to know what's going on with Tibet. They are still protesting. Why can't they fix it? And Taiwan too. They can give Israel their own country. Why can't they do something for them? It's not the most important thing, but it's something that was avoided. (The Epoch Times)" title="Rebecca Shawl, 24, Finance, Manhattan—I would like to know what's going on with Tibet. They are still protesting. Why can't they fix it? And Taiwan too. They can give Israel their own country. Why can't they do something for them? It's not the most important thing, but it's something that was avoided. (The Epoch Times)" width="300" class="size-medium wp-image-65398"/></a>
Rebecca Shawl, 24, Finance, Manhattan—I would like to know what's going on with Tibet. They are still protesting. Why can't they fix it? And Taiwan too. They can give Israel their own country. Why can't they do something for them? It's not the most important thing, but it's something that was avoided. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/JeanJaquesshaltiel_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/JeanJaquesshaltiel_medium.JPG" alt="Jean Jacques Shaltiel, 24, IT Consultant, Manhattan—It would have to be poverty. It is the ill of the world. A lot of what we are living through is because of poverty. If you give people a chance to better themselves, better their environment, better their community, a lot of the problems we are experiencing will go away. (The Epoch Times)" title="Jean Jacques Shaltiel, 24, IT Consultant, Manhattan—It would have to be poverty. It is the ill of the world. A lot of what we are living through is because of poverty. If you give people a chance to better themselves, better their environment, better their community, a lot of the problems we are experiencing will go away. (The Epoch Times)" width="300" class="size-medium wp-image-65399"/></a>
Jean Jacques Shaltiel, 24, IT Consultant, Manhattan—It would have to be poverty. It is the ill of the world. A lot of what we are living through is because of poverty. If you give people a chance to better themselves, better their environment, better their community, a lot of the problems we are experiencing will go away. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/RenellaFerrer_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/RenellaFerrer_medium.JPG" alt="Renella Ferrer, Singer, Manhattan—Why can't they predict chaotic things like storms and floods. If they can predict everything else, why can't they predict these natural disasters that are about to happen so they can warn people, and they can move away from that and people won't be dead. (The Epoch Times)" title="Renella Ferrer, Singer, Manhattan—Why can't they predict chaotic things like storms and floods. If they can predict everything else, why can't they predict these natural disasters that are about to happen so they can warn people, and they can move away from that and people won't be dead. (The Epoch Times)" width="300" class="size-medium wp-image-65400"/></a>
Renella Ferrer, Singer, Manhattan—Why can't they predict chaotic things like storms and floods. If they can predict everything else, why can't they predict these natural disasters that are about to happen so they can warn people, and they can move away from that and people won't be dead. (The Epoch Times)
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