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Ban Ki-moon

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) walks past a republican guard on his way for receiving Secretary general of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon (not pictured) in Algiers City 18 December 2007. Ki-Moon is on an official one-day visit to Algeria.

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    groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.In a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, Ban said that the situation has   Read more »

  • Obama, S. Korea to show united front on N. Korea

    vital we show unity," Russel told reporters.Park touched down in New York on Monday, meeting first with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , a former South Korean foreign minister who praised her "firm but measured" response to North Korean provocations and   Read more »

  • UN: Chemical investigators ready to go to Syria

    -- U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says inspectors are ready to deploy to Syria within 24 hours to investigate reported chemical weapon attacks in the country's two-year civil war but have no permission yet from President Bashar Assad's government.Ban says reports   Read more »

  • UN chief to attend Congo peace signing

    -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent out invitations to a signing ceremony later this month for the large-scale peace agreement aimed at ending the fighting in Congo, the United Nations said Saturday.U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said the U.N. chief   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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