Ban Ki-moon
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Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon to attend Commonwealth meetBy Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Nov 20: French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests,... In this article: Commonwealth of Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Nicholas Sarkozy, UN, Patrick Manning, Manmohan Singh, Climate change, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Queen Elizabeth II |
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Obama criticizes Israel over settlement-building
...United States also objects to continued evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, he said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also deplored the Israeli move, spokesman Farhan Haq said. Ban "believes that such...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jerusalem, Barack Obama, Thomson Reuters, White House, United States, United Nations, and Mahmoud Abbas
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
U.N.'s Ban to fast in solidarity with world's hungry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will join a 24-hour fast called by the U.N. food chief to show solidarity with the world's 1 billion hungry ahead of a food security summit next week, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
In this article: United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Jacques Diouf, Climate change, Rome, and Reuters
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JPost.com Middle East | November 10, 2009
UN's Ban calls for disarmament of Hizbullah
Article's topics: Saad Hariri, Hizbullah, Lebanon, Michel Suleiman UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Lebanon's new national unity government to fully implement Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for the disarmament of...
In this article: Hizbullah, Saad Hariri, Lebanon, UN, Michel Suleiman, Beirut, Al Jazeera, and Rafik Hariri
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Kerry, U.N.'s Ban upbeat on climate prospects
...to "outline" a compromise climate control bill before December's international global warming conference and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave an upbeat assessment of Washington's intentions. "From what I heard today, there is great...
In this article: John Kerry, Max Baucus, U.N., Global warming, Climate change, Copenhagen, Washington, and U.S.
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The Australian | November 09, 2009
Ban Ki-moon Calls on Lebanese Cabinet to End War
...Lebanon's democracy and sovereignty. In a (http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=4217) statement issued today by his spokesperson, he voiced satisfaction that, five months after elections, Lebanese political leaders had been able to...
In this article: Hizbollah, Security Council, United Nations, Lebanon, Democracy, Cattle, Capitalism, and Fatah
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Ban Ki-moon Confident on Climate Change Talks
...countries that you cannot expect the negotiators themselves to make a move," he added. Asked why, in that case, Mr. Ban was confident, he replied: "Because they can be resolved, that's why. " That confidence is based on his recent...
In this article: Climate change, Copenhagen, United Nations, Texas, Cattle, Capitalism, and Kyoto Protocol
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Ban to send Goldstone to UNSC 'ASAP'
Article's topics: Goldstone Report, Danny Ayalon, Un, Avigdor Lieberman NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he will send the Goldstone Report, which calls for Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war...
In this article: Security Council, Israel, UN, Avigdor Lieberman, and Susan Rice
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Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944, Korean: 반기문, Hanja: 潘基文) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from college, accepting his first post in New Delhi. In the foreign ministry he established a reputation for modesty and competence.
Ban was the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea from January 2004 to November 2006. In February 2006 he began to campaign for the office of Secretary-General. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office. As foreign minister of Korea, however, he was able to travel to all of the countries that were members of the United Nations Security Council, a manoeuvre that turned him into the campaign's front runner.
On 13 October 2006, he was elected to be the eighth Secretary-General by the United Nations General Assembly. On 1 January 2007, he succeeded Kofi Annan, and passed several major reforms regarding peacekeeping and UN employment practices. Diplomatically, Ban has taken particularly strong views on global warming, pressing the issue repeatedly with U.S. President George W. Bush, and Darfur, where he helped persuade Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to allow peacekeeping troops to enter Sudan.
- Birth Date:
- June 13, 1944
- Birthplace:
- Eumseong County, South Korea
- Religion:
- private
- Nationality:
- South Korean
- Spouse:
- Yoo Soon-taek
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