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N Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon sends special envoy to Nepal
AHN | All Headline News
Concerned over the sluggish peace and constitution writing process in Nepal, a special envoy of UNSecretary General, Ban ki- Moon, Samuel Tamrat, Director for Asia Pacific of Political Affairs Department of UN, arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday and ...
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UN faults Mbeki's stance on Cote d'Ivoire
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Vijay Nambiar, the chief of staff to Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary General, has defended theUnited Nations' record on Cote d'Ivoire. In a highly unusual public rebuttal, Mr Nambiar told former South African president and African Union mediator for the ...
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Press photos on global challenges to be displayed at UN
Yonhap News
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the tape-cutting ceremony at 6:30 pm Monday, along with Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN under-secretary-general for communications and public information, Tom Curley, president and CEO of the Associated Press, ...
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Ban welcomes 'step towards dialogue' following deadly violence in Malawi
NewDesignWorld (press release)
(NewDesignWorld Press Center) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the signing of a joint communiqué by the Malawian Government and civil society organizations in a meeting facilitated by the United Nations following deadly clashes last month ...
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UN more vital than ever to tackle challenges: Ban Ki-moon
Pakistan Times
UNITED NATIONS: At a time of global transition, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that the need for the UN has never been greater in tackling multiple issues, from sustainable development to ensuring peace to mitigating mega-disasters. ...
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UN and diplomatic partners condemn recent attacks in southern Israel
UN News Centre
The Quartet extended its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the attacks. In his condemnation of the violence on Thursday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also expressed concerned over the risk of escalation and urged all parties to act ...
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UN praises aid workers on Humanitarian Day
Pakistan Observer
“Wherever there are people in need, there are people who help them men and women coming together to ease suffering and bring hope”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message on World Humanitarian Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the ...
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Will new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office Ms ...
Lankaweb
Even SG Ban-ki-Moon doesn't want to proceed further on this report). Will she or can she perform fearlessly as we will have to accept the fact that the Tamil Diaspora's propaganda is very strong in Switzerland and other EU Countries in influencing the ...
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Untold story: The dangers of food aid
Richmond Times Dispatch
Predictably, CNN viewers saw images of skeletal children and exhausted women with shriveled breasts, images that have launched a multi-million dollar fund-raising campaign by the UN and donor agencies. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has asked donors ...
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Lebanon: UN force seeks to reduce tension over line of separation with Israel
NewDesignWorld (press release)
In his regular reports to the Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called Hizbollah's refusal to disarm a serious challenge to the State's ability to exercise full sovereignty and control over its territory. Israel has cited the alleged lack of ...
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Nepal fails to get new PM, President extends deadline by three days
Times of India
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent his envoy Tamrat Samuel to meet the warring parties. Samuel, director of the UN's Asia Pacific division of Political Affairs Department, has already conveyed to Khanal concern that the parties were giving more ...
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Special report:Girl's rape highlights increasing violence, abuse against children
The Citizen Daily
The study is a follow-up on a call by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, for greater efforts by countries to end violence against children, when launching the UN World Report on Violence Against Children early this year. There is also a good chance ...
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JBarky's WTF Moments: Edition Two
Soompi
Now, if you were ever a fan of the YongSeo couple on “We Got Married” you would know that SNSD's Seohyun is a huge fan of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. (He is her idol.) Seohyun got to meet him recently and they exchanged gifts (a CD from her ...
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From the Field: Chained to a tree for three months – A peacekeeper's ordeal in ...
NewDesignWorld (press release)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Istvan Papp at UN Headquarters (2011). All the while, he was conscious of the effects of the kidnapping on his family, friends and colleagues. “I would say this uncertainty hurt them and the UN and the others ...
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UN officials deplore suicide bombing at Pakistani mosque
NewDesignWorld (press release)
(NewDesignWorld Press Center) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today's suicide bombing at a mosque in north-western Pakistan that has reportedly killed more than 40 people and injured at least 100 others. ...
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Deploring deadly blasts in Iraq, Security Council urges punishment of perpetrators
NewDesignWorld (press release)
The Council's statement echoed the sentiments of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top envoy for Iraq, Ad Melkert, who both condemned the bombings and appealed to Iraqis to reject attempts to incite further violence in the country.
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African children dying for lack of food
New Zealand Herald
Donors have contributed more than US$1 billion ($1.2 billion) to help famine victims, but UNSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed again for US$1 billion more. "Humanitarians are on the ground saving lives," he said. "But we are still not reaching all ...
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