Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon answer questions from journalists from
home and abroad in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County in the quake-stricken
Sichuan Province, on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Ban Ki-moon arrived in
Yingxiu Town Saturday morning to visit victims of the May 12 Sichuan
earthquake.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised on Saturday to mobilize efforts from the United Nations to support China's quake relief and post-quake reconstruction.
Ban said Chinese leaders have shown outstanding leadership in quake relief, and the United Nations will firmly support China's relief and reconstruction endeavors.
The UN chief said the United Nations and people all over the world will stand along with the Chinese people and work together to overcome the earthquake disaster.
He wished Chinese people a victory in quake relief.
Ban made the remarks in an open area Saturday noon shortly after his arrival at Yingxiu town of Wenchuan County, epicenter of the May 12 earthquake, to express his sympathy for those who suffered from the devastating quake.
Ban won loud applause from the people standing around.
Yingxiu, in Sichuan Province, is one of the zones worst-stricken by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake, which had claimed 55,740 lives nationwide as of Friday noon, or 55,239 in Sichuan alone as of 7:00 p.m. Thursday.

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