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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 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]
Ban met with the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, and several other officials. He also visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Copán Ruinas. 15–17 January El Salvador: San Salvador Joya de Cerén: Ban attended the 23rd anniversary of the peace agreements that put an end to civil war in El Salvador.
After the vote, Shashi Tharoor withdrew his candidacy, [14] and China's Permanent Representative to the UN told reporters that "it is quite clear from today's straw poll that Minister Ban Ki-moon is the candidate that the Security Council will recommend to the General Assembly". [15] Zeid and Ghani withdrew from the race on 4 October. [16]
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]
Ban Ki-moon, in his five-year action agenda released in January 2012, set out his vision to develop a humanitarian system that was more global, accountable, and robust. A key aspect of his agenda was "convening a World Humanitarian Summit to help share knowledge and establish common best practices among the wide spectrum of organizations ...
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
The Compact of Mayors was launched by Ban Ki-moon and Mike Bloomberg on 23 September 2014 at the UN Climate Summit 2014. [6] The announcement detailed a commitment by 228 cities to cut up to 13 gigatons of carbon emissions by 2050.