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Harold Doan & Associates Ltd. (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
BAN REQUESTS 12-MONTH EXTENSION TO UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN LEBANON Press Release - UN News Center Aug 22 2008 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by another 12 months until the end of August next year. In a letter to the Council's President that was made public today, Mr. Ban notes that the mission...
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International (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
BAN CALLS ON SECURITY COUNCIL TO KEEP UPDATING ITS WORKING METHODS New York, Aug 27 2008 4:10PM The Security Council's "increasingly complex responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security" means it is vital that the 15-member panel continue to try to improve its working methods, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. Addressing an open debate in the Council on the issue,...
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
BAN CALLS ON SECURITY COUNCIL TO KEEP UPDATING ITS WORKING METHODS New York, Aug 27 2008 4:10PM The Security Council's "increasingly complex responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security" means it is vital that the 15-member panel continue to try to improve its working methods, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. Addressing an open debate in the Council on the issue,...
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International (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
BAN LAUDS CHINA FOR 'SPECTACULAR' OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING New York, Aug 25 2008 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people and Government of China for their staging of the Olympic Games, which concluded yesterday in Beijing after two weeks of competition across 28 sports. "China can be proud of hosting a spectacular Olympiad, which brought together athletes and people from...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008 : The Lebanese government sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday protesting Israeli threats to attack all of Lebanon, as media reports on Friday carried accounts of Hizbullah buying Russian weaponry and a Hizbullah official saying the group would soon take "earth-shattering" action against Israel.
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International (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN TO CONVENE FORUM ON SUPPORTING TERRORISM'S VICTIMS New York, Aug 22 2008 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will convene a symposium on supporting victims of terrorism – the first of its kind at the United Nations – next month in New York. UN spokesperson Marie Okabe said that the day-long forum seeks to help Member States to stand as one to support the victims of terrorism and to encourage civil...
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN TO CONVENE FORUM ON SUPPORTING TERRORISM'S VICTIMS New York, Aug 22 2008 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will convene a symposium on supporting victims of terrorism – the first of its kind at the United Nations – next month in New York. UN spokesperson Marie Okabe said that the day-long forum seeks to help Member States to stand as one to support the victims of terrorism and to encourage civil...
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BAN OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO SPAIN AFTER DEADLY PLANE CRASH New York, Aug 21 2008 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending a letter of condolence to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero after yesterday's plane crash in Madrid, which killed more than 150 people. Mr. Ban extends his sympathies to the families of those who died in the crash, and to the Government and people of Spain, UN spokesperson...
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International (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BAN OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO SPAIN AFTER DEADLY PLANE CRASH New York, Aug 21 2008 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending a letter of condolence to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero after yesterday's plane crash in Madrid, which killed more than 150 people. Mr. Ban extends his sympathies to the families of those who died in the crash, and to the Government and people of Spain, UN spokesperson...
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN REQUESTS 12-MONTH EXTENSION TO UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN LEBANON New York, Aug 22 2008 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by another 12 months until the end of August next year. In a letter to the Council's President that was made public today, Mr. Ban notes that the mission "continues...
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International (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN REQUESTS 12-MONTH EXTENSION TO UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN LEBANON New York, Aug 22 2008 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by another 12 months until the end of August next year. In a letter to the Council's President that was made public today, Mr. Ban notes that the mission "continues...
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International (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN TO VISIT ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND SPAIN ON OFFICIAL TRIP STARTING LATE NEXT WEEK New York, Aug 22 2008 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads late next week to Italy, Switzerland and Spain on a wide-ranging official visit that will focus on issues that include the global fight against climate change and the importance of water and sustainable development. Mr. Ban will begin his visit late next...
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BAN TO VISIT ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND SPAIN ON OFFICIAL TRIP STARTING LATE NEXT WEEK New York, Aug 22 2008 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads late next week to Italy, Switzerland and Spain on a wide-ranging official visit that will focus on issues that include the global fight against climate change and the importance of water and sustainable development. Mr. Ban will begin his visit late next...
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OneFreeKorea (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
CHRNK, taking heart from Ban’s words in a July 4th speech in Seoul, hopes that they will mark the beginning of something more sustained, and perhaps even remotely effective. You are reported to have called upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to “take the necessary steps to improve their human rights situation…,” and said, “There are [...]
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International (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN PAKISTAN New York, Aug 21 2008 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today's double suicide bombing in the north-eastern Pakistani town of Wah, near the capital Islamabad, which has claimed numerous civilian lives and injured many others. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban "reiterates his rejection of such indiscriminate and...
