Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
-of-Spain, Nov 20 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend.
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’. Source Really? "In our globalized world, new forms of slavery have taken shape. The list of abhorrent practices, new and old, is now shockingly long, and includes debt bondage, serfdom, forced labour, child labour and servitude,...
Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From the UN, news of another respectable initiative with a rubbish name… Network of Men Leaders The engagement of men and boys is integral to achieving an end to violence against women and girls. In this vein, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of a Network of Men Leaders who will work to inspire men everywhere through [...] Related posts: A vote of confidence in Ban Ki-moon...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy," says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — Industrialization will help Africa fully...
Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good cause but some branding difficulties: The engagement of men and boys is integral to achieving an end to violence against women and girls. In this vein, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of a Network of Men Leaders...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the appointment of Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as first president of the European Union and Catherine Ashton as the EU's top diplomat. Ban said he looks forward to working ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect the youngest and most vulnerable members of society. The convention was signed into international law...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world's most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday told an international gathering of lawmakers at the UN headquarters in New York. "The global recession cannot be an excuse to abandon pledges," Ban said at the annual parliamentary hearing here,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday congratulated Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his inauguration and hailed his commitment to serve all Afghans and to fight corruption, a UN statement said. The statement, issued here by Ban's spokesperson, said, "The secretary-general wishes to congratulate President Hamid Karzai on his inauguration today as the elected president of Afghanistan for...
Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Cane Producers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (CPATT) intend on writing separate letters to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the issue of the European Union grant funding to Trinidad and Tobago.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Thursday Afghan President Hamid Karzai's commitment to fight corruption as he congratulated him on being inaugurated for a second term.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
United Nations Secretary-GenerUnited Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday met with members of the Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September‘s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, a UN ...United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday met with members of the Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September‘s violent crackdown on unarmed...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out this sobering statistic as he kicked off a three-day summit on world food security Monday in Rome. “Today, more than 1 billion people are hungry,” he told the assembled leaders. Six million children die of hunger every year — 17,000 every day, he said. via U.N. chief: Hunger kills 17,000 kids [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged three investigators to work "independently to assess the facts" that led to the deaths of scores of people who demonstrated against the government in Guinea.
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The United Nations, the United States and the European Union have all called on Israel to stop the illegal eviction of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes. Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, urged Israel to end its "provocative actions" in East Jerusalem, while calling for it to freeze all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. Despite that, the sight of Palestinians...
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coolgirl | 05/24/2009
After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling." Source: CNN
sahilsimran | 02/24/2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will arrive here on a two-day visit on Thursday. more
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