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| Climate change is the "greatest long-term threat" to achieving global equality, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has told the United Nations. | Climate change is the "greatest long-term threat" to achieving global equality, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has told the United Nations. |
| Mr Miliband said although all countries are affected by climate change, the poorest people within the poorest countries will suffer the most. | |
| He called on the richest countries to take the greatest action to combat climate change. | He called on the richest countries to take the greatest action to combat climate change. |
| He made the comments in his first speech to the UN as foreign secretary. | He made the comments in his first speech to the UN as foreign secretary. |
| 'Dangerous' inequalities | |
| Mr Miliband urged co-operation between nations to improve global equality and therefore stability and prosperity. | |
| "Inequalities are not just morally offensive - they are dangerous. | |
| "Inequality fuels extremism, it undermines support for an open, global economy, it corrodes trust and respect and reciprocity between nations," he told the assembly. | |
| With the world more prosperous, more peaceful and more democratic "than ever before", he called for a commitment to "a more equal world". | |
| "We must address the insecurity and inequality that exists beyond our borders if we are to enhance security and prosperity within our borders." | |
| He outlined four issues that needed action to fight inequality - trade, conflict, the UN's Millennium Development Goals and climate change. |