Global Security (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Ban rejects reports of UN withdrawal from Afghanistan6 November 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected any notion that the United Nations is leaving Afghanistan, amid reports that the world body is pulling out of the country following the announcement that it will temporarily relocate some of its staff owing to security concerns.“Let me be crystal clear: we are not evacuating....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar"s current and former leaders and urged them to implement the deal to resolve months of political wrangling in the Indian Ocean country.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Afghanistan Rejects UN Criticism of KarzaiBy VOA News07 November 2009Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry has rejected comments from the top U.N. official in the country warning President Hamid Karzai to combat corruption or risk losing international support.A Foreign Ministry statement issued Saturday says U.N. special representative Kai Eide "exceeded his authority as a representative of an impartial...
Elginism (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Whist on a visit to Athens, Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General, will be shown around the New Acropolis Museum. From: Athens News Agency 11/02/2009 UN chief in Athens United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to arrive in Athens on Tuesday to take part in a conference focusing on Inter-faith dialogue. On Wednesday, Ban Ki Moon will address [...]
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he will submit the so-called Goldstone report on war crimes in Gaza to the UN Security Council.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Ban Ki-moon addressed the Greek parliament on Thursday as he ended the first official visit by a U.N. Secretary General to Greece in years. Ban Ki-moon opened his speech on the challenges the U.N. faces today by speaking a few words in Greek. "I am very happy to be here today, at the birthplace of democracy," Ban said. Arriving in Greece from Afghanistan, Ban made a particular reference to...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
New York, NY – An Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone report on the Israel-Hamas fighting in the Gaza Strip was adopted with a 114-18 vote by the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was requested to send the resolution to the Security Council for action, a demand rejected previously by the [...]
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriella Shalev filed an official grievance with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council following Wednesday's seizure of the Francop arms vessel by the Israel Navy. Thursday's letter stated that the vessel's cargo carried "36 containers of hundreds of tons of a wide range of weaponry, including rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and small arms...
SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
British Climate Secretary Ed Miliband says expect only a political deal , not an actual treaty. No real surprise there. And, contra warnings from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and US chief climate negotiator Todd Stern that only a "politically binding" agreement can now be achieved, I wouldn't even hold my breath on that, especially given...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The world's religions have a crucial role to play in the global fight against climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared, characterizing the battle with global warming as a "moral" issue.
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Money paid by rich countries to fight global warming will have to "be scaled up" from the $100bn a year on offer, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said today. Finance is the key, said Ban, to successful negotations on a global treaty to fight climate change, due to conclude at UN talks next month in Copenhagen.' Read more...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• Binding agreement not expected in Copenhagen • Administration working towards treaty next year The US has given up hope of reaching a global climate change treaty at Copenhagen and is working towards a deal late next year, the Obama administration said today. The decision ends hopes of a legally binding deal being sealed next month. "We have to be honest in the process and deal with...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Athens/Nicosia - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Athens for a two-day UN global meeting on migration and development, said on Wednesday he had high hopes a solution would be found to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cypr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Athens - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that his special envoy was prepared to launch new talks in an effort to resolve an 18-year name dispute between Greece and its northern neighbor, provisionally called Former Yugoslav Republic o...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Athens - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Athens for a two-day UN global meeting on migration and development, said on Wednesday he had high hopes a solution would be found to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. I b...
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