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How UN Secretary-General Is Chosen And Who Wants The Job
A new United Nations Secretary-General will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.
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UN Chief "Shocked" By "Misrepresentations" Of His Remarks On Israel-Hamas
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected the "misrepresentations" of his remarks a day earlier on Palestinian grievances that infuriated Israel, which has vowed to retaliate against the world body.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Seeks To Stay On For Second Term: Report
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council that he would like to stay on for a second term, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday citing two diplomats familiar with the matter.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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Need To Peacefully Resolve South China Sea Dispute: UN Chief Tells China
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he has stressed to China the need for differences over the disputed South China to be resolved peacefully.
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69 Sexual Abuse Cases Against UN Peacekeepers, No Indians Involved
As many as 69 allegations of sexual exploitation were received by the UN against its peacekeepers last year with no Indian personnel involved in any wrongdoing, according to the world body's new report.
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UN Praises Somalia Deal On Model For Electoral Process
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised an agreement by Somalia's government on Thursday on a model for the electoral process to establish a new, bicameral federal parliament in 2016, a UN spokesman said.
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Climate, Extremism Top Agenda at Commonwealth Summit Talks
Tackling climate change and countering violent extremism will top the agenda at the Commonwealth summit in Malta this week, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Hollande.
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Pope Francis Arrives At United Nations, To Give Major Speech
Pope Francis began a closely watched visit to the United Nations today, where he will deliver a wide-ranging speech at the start of a full day in the Big Apple ending with a mass at Madison Square Garden.
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Yoga Event Draws Thousands, Including UN Chief, to Times Square
About 17,000 people set out their mats and stretched into yoga exercises in New York's Times Square Sunday, including the United Nations' leader, to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga.
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Trillions of Dollars Needed for New Bid to End Poverty by 2030
World leaders have drawn up ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote development over the next 15 years, but now they have to figure out how to pay the bill.
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UN's Ban Ki-Moon Urges Bashar Al-Assad to Seek Political Solution to Syria Crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to seek a political solution to Syria's war, saying this would help international efforts against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, al-Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Names Spanish Diplomat Bernardino Leon as New Libya Envoy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as the world body's special envoy to Libya, which is experiencing the worst fighting between armed factions since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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UN Chief Urges South Sudan Rivals to Meet as Promised
The UN secretary-general is urging the president of South Sudan to meet his rival next week, even though the peace deal that promised the June 9 meeting fell apart within days.
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Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief
The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to give Ban Ki-moon a second term as secretary-general Tuesday, praising him for strengthening the world body's role and visibility in difficult circumstances.The 192-member assembly applauded loudly as it adopted a resolution giving the 67-year-old South Korean diplomat another five years at the helm of ...
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How UN Secretary-General Is Chosen And Who Wants The Job
A new United Nations Secretary-General will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.
-
UN Chief "Shocked" By "Misrepresentations" Of His Remarks On Israel-Hamas
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected the "misrepresentations" of his remarks a day earlier on Palestinian grievances that infuriated Israel, which has vowed to retaliate against the world body.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Seeks To Stay On For Second Term: Report
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council that he would like to stay on for a second term, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday citing two diplomats familiar with the matter.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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Need To Peacefully Resolve South China Sea Dispute: UN Chief Tells China
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he has stressed to China the need for differences over the disputed South China to be resolved peacefully.
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69 Sexual Abuse Cases Against UN Peacekeepers, No Indians Involved
As many as 69 allegations of sexual exploitation were received by the UN against its peacekeepers last year with no Indian personnel involved in any wrongdoing, according to the world body's new report.
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UN Praises Somalia Deal On Model For Electoral Process
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised an agreement by Somalia's government on Thursday on a model for the electoral process to establish a new, bicameral federal parliament in 2016, a UN spokesman said.
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Climate, Extremism Top Agenda at Commonwealth Summit Talks
Tackling climate change and countering violent extremism will top the agenda at the Commonwealth summit in Malta this week, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Hollande.
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Pope Francis Arrives At United Nations, To Give Major Speech
Pope Francis began a closely watched visit to the United Nations today, where he will deliver a wide-ranging speech at the start of a full day in the Big Apple ending with a mass at Madison Square Garden.
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Yoga Event Draws Thousands, Including UN Chief, to Times Square
About 17,000 people set out their mats and stretched into yoga exercises in New York's Times Square Sunday, including the United Nations' leader, to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga.
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Trillions of Dollars Needed for New Bid to End Poverty by 2030
World leaders have drawn up ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote development over the next 15 years, but now they have to figure out how to pay the bill.
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UN's Ban Ki-Moon Urges Bashar Al-Assad to Seek Political Solution to Syria Crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to seek a political solution to Syria's war, saying this would help international efforts against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, al-Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Names Spanish Diplomat Bernardino Leon as New Libya Envoy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as the world body's special envoy to Libya, which is experiencing the worst fighting between armed factions since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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UN Chief Urges South Sudan Rivals to Meet as Promised
The UN secretary-general is urging the president of South Sudan to meet his rival next week, even though the peace deal that promised the June 9 meeting fell apart within days.
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Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief
The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to give Ban Ki-moon a second term as secretary-general Tuesday, praising him for strengthening the world body's role and visibility in difficult circumstances.The 192-member assembly applauded loudly as it adopted a resolution giving the 67-year-old South Korean diplomat another five years at the helm of ...
