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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 met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. He then attended the 2015 Secretary-General's retreat in Turin. 28–30 March Egypt: Sharm el-Sheikh: Ban attended the Summit of the Arab League. This trip included several bilateral meetings with heads of state from the region. 30 March Iraq: Baghdad
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 ...
The leaders of the League of Nations consisted of a Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and a President of the Assembly selected from member states. Secretaries General [ edit ]
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.
The legal campaign against Yunus has drawn the attention of global figures like former U.S. president Barack Obama and former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, who both signed onto a letter in ...
The United Nations World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 23 and 24, 2016. [1] The summit was an initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon [2] and was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1987, adopted by acclamation at a closed meeting on June 17, 2011, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Ban Ki-moon be appointed for a second term of office from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016.