Ban Ki-moon
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Prince Charles campaign to save the rainforests backed by the US Senate...during the G20 summit. They included US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President. At a summit at Clarence... In this article: US Senate, Prince Charles, Deforestation, Climate change, Carbon, Naples, Forest protection, Friends of the Earth, and Tony Juniper |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 18, 2009
Pressure piled on Karzai over poll
...officials in Kabul. During the past few days Mr Karzai has spoken by phone to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Dr Abdullah spoke to...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, Allegation, US Senate, United Nations, and Gordon Brown
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Independent.co.uk - World | 9 hours ago
Afghanistan: The hokey-cokey strategy
...conference will take place in Kabul. Mr Ban said: "These conferences would thus constitute defining words in the reconfiguration of the relationship between Afghanistan and the international community." President Obama's speech will be...
In this article: Afghanistan, British troops, Barack Obama, US, Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, Britain, Kabul, and Hillary Clinton
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NPR | October 17, 2009
Rulings In Afghan Election Fraud Probe Expected
...is assured. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the candidates Friday as concerns grew over who will lead the country, and when. The talks are...
In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, U.S., U.N., John Kerry, and Coercion
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Yahoo! News | November 02, 2009
Afghan Candidate Pullout Adds Risk for Karzai, Obama (Bloomberg)
...of the organization's employees dead. Ban will assure Karzai and Abdullah and the Afghan people of aEURoethe continuing support of the United Nations towards the development of the country,aEUR Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, United Nations, Kabul, Afghanistan, Taliban, and Hillary Clinton
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Centre Daily Times | November 02, 2009
US congratulates Afghan president on 2nd term
...pressed Karzai to consent to a runoff. But on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was in Kabul on a surprise visit, welcomed the decision to forego the runoff and congratulated Karzai. "This has been a difficult election...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, United Nations, United States, Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Taliban, and NATO
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The Times of India - World | October 17, 2009
Karzai under pressure over fraud rulings
...as the Taliban gains strength. Fearing the political crisis will worsen, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have telephoned both Karzai and Abdullah in...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, UN, Afghanistan, US, John Kerry, Abdullah Abdullah, Allegation, Bernard Kouchner, and Kabul
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France to Afghan rivals: Accept election results
Fearing the political crisis will worsen, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown telephoned both Karzai and Abdullah in recent days to express concern.
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, U.S., Bernard Kouchner, U.N., Kabul, Afghanistan, John Kerry, and Barack Obama
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Afghanistan braces for possible election runoff (Reuters)
...together." Karzai separately spoke by phone to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Karzai's office said. Karzai won...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Kabul, Taliban, John Kerry, United States, Taliban insurgency, U.N., and Reuters
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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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