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Ban Ki-moon

Nyrop Nyol stands outside her home in Wunchuei, near the contested region of Abyei, Sudan and South Sudan's new and undefined border on March 27. Nyol claims she has not heard from her 17-year-old son since South Sudanese soldiers came one month ago and rounded up men and children, beating them and forcing them to fight alongside them. (Hannah McNeish/AFP/Getty Images)

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  • Sudan, South Sudan to return to talks next week

    their border.Ramtane Lamamra said Friday that the resumption of talks has been confirmed.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he welcomes the resumption of talks in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia next week. Ban urged the parties to demonstrate flexibility during   Read more »

  • Ban tells CNN Annan plan is Syria's only choice

    -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international envoy Kofi Annan 's peace plan is the only option right now for ending the violence in Syria.Ban said in an interview Thursday with CNN's Christiane Amanpour that "at this time, we don't have any plan   Read more »

  • 2 more years for UN rights chief

    -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked the General Assembly to approve a two-year extension for High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.Ban's office announced Monday that Pillay, whose four-year term was due to expire at year's end, agreed   Read more »

  • UN chief Ban arrives in Myanmar to promote reforms

    -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Myanmar to see how the world body can help promote the country's tentative steps toward democratic reform.Ban will meet President Thein Sein and visit a U.N. drug control project during the three-day visit   Read more »

  • UN chief 'gravely alarmed' at Syria killings

    -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "gravely alarmed" at the continuing killings in Syria despite the government's repeated commitments to end the violence.The U.N. chief told a news conference Friday that U.N. military observers in Syria are   Read more »

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About Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문, Hanja: 潘基文; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India. In the foreign ministry he established a reputation for modesty and competence.

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