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Ban Ki-moon (Korean: 반기문 [pan.ɡi.mun]; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister of foreign affairs and trade between 2004 and 2006. Ban was initially ...
Ban Ki-moon was elected Secretary-General in October 2006. A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 2006 to succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ran until 31 December 2006. Seven candidates were officially nominated for the position.
Ban Ki-moon (b. 1944) [29] 1 January 2007 31 December 2016 South Korea: Asia-Pacific: Ban became the first East Asian to be selected as the secretary-general and the second Asian overall after U Thant. [30] He was unanimously elected to a second term by the General Assembly on 21 June 2011. His second term began on 1 January 2012. [31]
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he was communicating with authorities in military-run Myanmar as well as members of the armed resistance following a surprise visit to ...
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in October 2016 to choose the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations to succeed Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2017. . Six straw polls were held in the Security Council from 21 July 2016 to 5 October 20
Ban attended the 24th summit of the African Union. He met with the Chairperson of the African Union Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and with several African heads of state. 7–8 February Saudi Arabia: Riyadh: Ban met with Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. He also had an audience with King Salman of Saudi ...
The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1]
The Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 was a 2013 report produced by a team appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to investigate alleged chemical weapon attacks during the Syrian civil war. [1]