Tag: Ban Ki-moon

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon running for a second term as UN Secretary General

  

  Ban Ki-moon formally asked the UN Security Council to support his candidacy for a second five-year term as UN secretary-general, according to a letter. His first term ends December 31 and so far is unopposed.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC

  Ban Ki Moon to visit Uruguay that will hold UN Human Rights Council presidency

  

  Uruguay will be holding next month the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council during 2011/2012 and for this motive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Uruguay June 16th when he will be meeting President Jose Mujica and other top officials.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:32 UTC

  UN peacekeeping operations to suffer most from US funding cuts

  

  United States lawmakers are poised to cut spending on the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars, less than a week after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Congress to ask for continued strong support.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:43 UTC

  Unasur letter supporting Argentina’s Malvinas claims delivered to Ban Ki-moon

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman met Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and reiterated Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands this time reinforced with a formal request from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur leaders in support of Argentina’s “historic and legitimate rights”.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Unasur leaders letter to Ban Ki-moon in support of Argentina’s Malvinas claim

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) leaders sent UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a letter dated April 2 in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 18:52 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon Says World Leaders Need to “Lead By Action”

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called for “revolutionary action” to achieve sustainable development, warning that the past century’s heedless consumption of resources is “a global suicide pact” with time running out to ensure an economic model for survival.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 19:50 UTC

  Human Rights Watch Annual Report Criticises United Nations Ban Ki-moon

  

  New York based Human Rights Watch has harshly criticized United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s “quiet diplomacy” approach to human rights issues in its annual report. Officials of the human rights monitoring group say the UN leader should not necessarily be elected to a second term later this year.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:06 UTC

  UN Secretary-General Guest of Honour at 11th Anniversary Gala of the Sejong Soloists “Dream Team” at Carnegie Hall

  

  Sejong Soloists, the brilliant 14-piece conductor less string ensemble, often referred to as the sensational “dream team,” once again razzled and dazzled an internationally distinguished audience at their 11th Annual Gala in New York.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC

  Argentina chairs G-77; CFK demands effective multilateralism

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led on Tuesday in New York the 34th G-77 annual meeting to celebrate Argentina's appointment as the group's chairmanship.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 23:37 UTC

  Former Chilean leader Bachelet named to top UN job for gender equality

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Tuesday the appointment of Chilean former president Michelle Bachelet as the Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).