Ban Ki-moon

...years, is known as the Iron Lady of Latvia. She was in the frame for the job of UN secretary-general in 2006, but it was considered "Asia's turn" and the job went to Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. There is a website supporting her candidature.

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The decision was praised by US President Barack Obama and UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who said the upcoming vote was key to maintaining Iraq's stability and helping its people move towards lasting peace and national reconciliation. Obama...

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...reporters. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last week that he was dispatching Mr. Fernandez-Taranco to Iraq following a request from the Government, days after a double bombing in Baghdad killed around 150 people. In September,...

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...a second bombing it shut down operations in Iraq in late October 2003 for years. Ban will also meet UN staff and security officials, the statement said. Taliban threats of more violence and the difficulty of organising and securing the...

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...said today. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Washington today "to lobby U.S. congressional leaders and government officials over next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen," U.N. officials said. Maps detailing the...

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...expansion in Iraq, not because he was Ban's son-in-law. Chatterjee had overseen security for de Mistura in Iraq in the 1990s, before he had met Ban's daughter. "For two years, we succeeded in not having one staff member wounded,...

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...January would go ahead. President Barack Obama described the bombings as "outrageous". Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, said he was sending an envoy to Iraq "for preliminary consultations related to Iraq's security and sovereignty".

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...pm Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced he will dispatch an envoy to Iraq to consult with the Government on security and sovereignty issues in the country just days after a double bombing killed around 150 people in Baghdad. "In...

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...he said. News of the arrests was heard as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he is sending a senior UN official to Baghdad in response to a request from Iraq's prime minister for an investigation into the August bombings. Meanwhile,...

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