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Ban Ki-moon condemns Iraq bombing

October 26, 2009 World

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terror attacks in Bgahdad on Sunday, appealing to the Iraqi people to unite against terror.
According to the statement released by United Nations “The Secretary-General urges all Iraqis to unite in the face of these deplorable acts and to work with heightened urgency to protect Iraq’s [...]

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UN ends US diplomat’s appointment in Afghanistan

October 1, 2009 World

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday terminated the appointment of a UN deputy representative in Afghanistan, who apparently left his job in disagreement with his superior.
Ban said he decided to recall Peter Galbraith, a US diplomat, and ended his posting as deputy to the UN chief of mission in Afghanistan, Kai Eide. News reports said [...]

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Discussion with North Korea ‘more fruitful’ now: UN

September 29, 2009 World

Talks between the UN and North Korea have become “much more fruitful,” the UN chief of political affairs said Monday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Pak Gil Yon, North Korea’s vice foreign affairs minister, to discuss a range of unsettled issues like the country’s nuclear programme and humanitarian aid.
“The discussion has been [...]

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty must be implemented, stresses UN chief

September 24, 2009 World

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon demanded Thursday that the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) be implemented as quickly as possible.
At the opening of a two-day conference of around 100 foreign ministers in New York, Ban called for all of the nine states which had not yet ratified the treaty to begin negotiations immediately.
Ban said [...]

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UN chief condemns suicide attack in Pakistan

September 19, 2009 World

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned the suicide bomb attack in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province that the UN said killed more than 30 people.
Ban reiterated his “rejection of such indiscriminate and reprehensible acts of violence” and sent his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of Pakistan.
The powerful [...]

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Britain, France, Germany call for UN Afghan conference

September 10, 2009 World

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany have called on the UN to hold a new international conference on the future of Afghanistan, officials said here Wednesday.
In a joint letter to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a meeting [...]

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World over-armed, peace under-funded: Ban Ki-moon

September 10, 2009 World

Noting that disarmament is back on the global agenda, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned Wednesday that the “world is over-armed and peace is under-funded”.
Ban opened a disarmament conference at the former convent of San Hipolito in central Mexico City, and said that there are more than 20,000 nuclear weapons around the world, and that many [...]

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Ban ‘very concerned’ about Tamil refugees

September 3, 2009 World

The 250,000 Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka face a deteriorating humanitarian situation as the monsoon season approaches, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.
“What I am concerned (about is) that conditions have not improved,” Ban said, speaking about the camps where the displaced were being held.
“As we are expecting the monsoon season to come … [...]

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Climate change can crush the youth, says UN chief

August 13, 2009 World

Young men and women are being adversely impacted by climate change and rising unemployment, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said in a statement marking International Youth Day.
“Climate change,” he said, “continues to compromise economies and threaten tremendous upheaval, saddling young people everywhere with an unjust ecological debt.”
“This is a potentially crushing burden,” he stressed [...]

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UN chief urges North Korea to return to talks

August 6, 2009 World

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday appealed to North Korea’s communist regime to return to six-party talks about dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, just hours after the release of two US journalists from North Korean prison.
In a statement released by his spokeswoman Michele Montas, Ban said he hoped that the dialogue between North Korea and [...]

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