For a week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's office has been questioned about accepting alleged war criminal Shavendra Silva as one of Ban's Senior Advisers on Peacekeeping Operations. | While Ban's Spokesman Martin Nesirky has insisted that Ban is powerless to stop what several member states describe as a travesty or a "new low,"
Ban Ki-moon and Grigol Vashadze discussed urgent issues for Georgia, in particular, the prospects of cooperation development between Georgia and the United Nations. | The Georgian side touched upon the issue of enhancing the UN role in Georgia's security and addressing the problem of territorial integrity. | The sides also discussed course of the Geneva talks, stressing the need for intensifying them.
A United Nations special team is scheduled to visit the country next Thursday for discussions on how to offer assistance in its transition back to democracy. | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon€™s spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters yesterday that the mission from the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) would be headed by Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's car was pelted with shoes, eggs, sand and stones during a visit to Gaza on Thursday. | About 50 protesters tried to block the convoy reaching the southern city of Khan Younis to visit a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) housing project. | The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) stated that it condemned such actions, calling them "alien to our traditions."
UN Secretary General Ban Ki - Moon's visit of the Gaza Strip unwelcomed while Palestinians still far from implementing the reconciliation agreement between the rival Hamas and Fatah parties, and the Israeli military continues with invasions...
Ban attended a security conference in Israel just hours after visiting Gaza, where dozens of Palestinians pelted his armored convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased toward Israel. | Ban met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to try to salvage low-level talks on borders and security arrangements between Israel and a future Palestinian state.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said on Thursday Israel and the Palestinians were running out of time to solve their conflict and ought to give 'highest priority' to resuming stalled peace talks. | Mr Ban, wrapping up a two-day visit to the region, said he had pushed for faster progress in separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Ban Ki-moon has warned time is running out for a Mideast peace deal and urged goodwill gestures from Israel. | Ban attended a security conference in Israel just hours after visiting Gaza, where dozens of Palestinians pelted his armoured convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased towards Israel.
Tensions have been heightened over Iran's intentions, leading UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon on Wednesday to warn Israel that the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program must be resolved peacefully. Asked whether he feared Israel could launch...
Ban attended a security conference in Israel just hours after visiting Gaza, where dozens of Palestinians pelted his armoured convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased towards Israel. | Ban met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to try to salvage low-level talks on borders and security arrangements between Israel and a future Palestinian state.
BEIT HANOUN (AP): Palestinians tried to block the UN chief from entering the Gaza Strip and flung shoes at his armored convoy on Thursday, the second day of Ban Ki - moon's mission to the region to keep informal peace talks alive.
KHAN YOUNIS, Feb 3 (NNN-WAFA) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Israel to open Gaza crossings and to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2006.
RAMALLAH, Feb 3 (NNN-MA€™AN) — The PLO leadership has apologized for the "strange" welcome UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received upon arriving in the Gaza Strip. | Dozens of people threw shoes and stones at the UN chief's convoy as it entered Gaza Thursday. No one was injured.
GAZA, Feb 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Families of several Palestinian prisoners held by Israel threw shoes at the convoy of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon as the vehicles entered the Gaza Strip from Israel Thursday morning, witnesses said.
The United Nations announced the head of its mission in Sierra Leone will leave the West African country on Monday, seven months before the end of his assignment and in the run-up to November's presidential election. | No reason was given for the sudden departure of Michael von der Schulenburg, a German-born diplomat who U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended in a statement late on Thursday for "excellent service"
Khalid: UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon€™s decision to reject a request by the families of Palestinian Prisoners being held in Israeli prisons to meet with them during a recent visit to the Gaza Strip has caused widespread anger.
26 deadline for recent exploratory talks in Amman to move to direct negotiations passed without agreement, and was posed to President Mahmoud Abbas during UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon's visit to Ramallah this week. Abu Yousef said Abbas continues...
Jamie: In what is being heralded as a bold move by the UN, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon specifically spoke out to African nations at an African Union summit in Ethopia urging the protection of gay rights. Finally the international community is saying they care about gay rights as human rights and Ban Ki-moon's statements reflect this move towards promotion and protection of these rights.
Last night, a new friend of mine noticed that I try to highlight the issue of Palestinian political prisoners in my writings. That led to a long chat about my interest in bringing out their stories. I started by describing how being the daughter of a former detainee has inspired a passion toward my homeland and the feeling of having a duty toward my people, especially our forgotten prisoners, within me.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon on Thursday called on Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza to maintain their ceasefire deal, albeit fragile. At a news conference during his brief visit to Gaza, Ban also urged Israel to open more commercial...
The rocket attack on Thursday coincided with a visit to Gaza by UN Secretary-General Ban ki - Moon , who urged Israel to take measures to ease the crippling blockade that has put an economic and movement stranglehold on the territory.
During the UN Security Council's Syria Superbowl and negotiations this week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was away, getting shoes thrown at his car for refusing to meet with the families of Palestinian prisoners, for example. | But Ban's Office of the Spokesperson continued to at have the responsibility of answering the questions of and providing logistical information to journalists who cover the UN.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said time is running out for a settlement but he is not giving up, after Israeli and Palestinian leaders rejected a return to direct negotiations. | "Basically I am not disappointed, it is expected", Ban said late Thursday at the end of a three day trip to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories where he got little joy from political leaders and shoes hurled at him by protesters in Gaza.
Dozens of Palestinians on Thursday tried to block UN chief Ban Ki-moon from entering the Gaza Strip and pelted his armoured convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased toward Israel.
AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia: Keywords:... Institute speech; meeting with US President; Fri 10 - meetings with business actors at the NYSE; meetings with UN SecGen Ban Ki Moon ; meetings with General Assembly's Al Nasser; meetings with Italian-American community members at NY Consulate. . .
Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon delivered his message at a time of growing concerns that Israel could be planning an attack on Iran. Israel, like the West, believes Iran is developing nuclear weapons and says no option, including force, can be ruled out...
JERUSALEM - UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon said time is running out for a settlement but he is not giving up, after Israeli and Palestinian leaders rejected a return to direct negotiations. “Basically I am not disappointed, it is expected”, Ban...
In his speech at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon warned against the consequences of the Khartoum-Juba dispute over oil. Surely, Ki-moon realizes that the possible hunger and the displacement in the South...
GAZA (The New York Times) — A convoy carrying Secretary General Ban Ki - moon of the United Nations was pelted with shoes and sticks by Palestinian protesters when it entered the Gaza Strip from Israel on Thursday, witnesses said.
JERUSALEM — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said time is running out for a settlement but he is not giving up, after Israeli and Palestinian leaders rejected a return to direct negotiations.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon speaks at a news conference in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. — Photo by AP GAZA CITY: Angry protesters showered UN chief Ban Ki - moon with shoes as he visited the Gaza Strip...
Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 3/ Trend N. Kirtskhalia / Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze will meet on Friday in New York with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. According to Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania, the meeting will discuss issues relevant to Georgia. In particular, we will discuss prospects of cooperation between Georgia and the UN, as well as on enhancing the UN role in the issue of Georgia's...
Israel must halt settlement building and present detailed proposals for a border with a future Palestinian state, visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has said as he tried to persuade the Palestinians to continue low-level meetings with Israel that the international community hopes will evolve into serious negotiations. | With Abbas by his side, the U.N. chief affirme...
AWARTA, West Bank (AP) €” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest complaints about Palestinian hate speech, after relatives of the killer of a Jewish settler family praised him in a phone call to the official Palestine TV, spotlight the intense animosity and mutual distrust that have blocked peace talks for years. The Palestinians and Netanyahu's dovish Israeli critics say the Israeli leader is cynically creating a bogus issue...
THE UNITED Nations secretary general has urged Israel to implement another West Bank settlement freeze in an effort to breathe new life into the deadlocked Middle East peace process.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Palestinians and Israelis to continue talks begun last month in Jordan. | Ban said on Wednesday that Israel's West Bank settlements are a violation of international law and harm the chances for a peace agreement. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier told the secretary-general that the issue of settlements must be solved in negotiations and not raised as a condition for negotiations.
As the UN Security Council continued battling on Syria whether to "fully support" or merely "take into consideration" the Arab League plan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is setting up a UN system Task Force on Syria, meeting today, Inner City Press has learned.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon has called on Israel to stop settlement building and lift the blockade on Gaza. Ban made the call after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Israel must halt settlement building and present...
UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has stressed the importance of private investment to ensure universal and sustainable energy access. | He has also called on business leaders who gathered recently in Davos, Switzerland, to mobilise their resources and strengthen their partnerships with the public and non-governmental sectors to achieve this goal.
When he poked African leaders to be soft on gay/lesbian/queer issues, Ban Ki - Moon was looking for dung where no cow grazed. He has no moral justification to pontificate. His own UN is guilty of wrongdoing and failing to function impartially.
UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has called for action on a new blueprint for creating a sustainable planet, a just society and a growing economy, stressing that the current path will not lead to a fair and resilient future for the world's people. | "We need to chart a new, more sustainable course for the future, one that strengthens equality and economic growth while protecting our planet," he stated.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press conference in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), February 1, 2012. Israel has rejected calls by UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon to stop...
Israel must halt settlement building and present detailed proposals for a border with a future Palestinian state, visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, as he tried to persuade the Palestinians to continue low-level meetings with Israel that the international community hopes will evolve into serious negotiations. | With Abbas by his side, the UN chief affirmed that "all Israeli settlements are contrary to international law and prejudice"
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon is in Jerusalem Al-quds on Wednesday saying that the UN Security Council is aware of the seriousness of the situation in Syria. Ban says all chaos in the country must stop and he's calling on the Security Council...
Neither Iranian media nor the IAEA team has revealed the substance of the talks. | Ahead of the inspectors' visit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the "onus is on Iran...to prove themselves that their nuclear development program is genuinely for peaceful purposes, which they have not yet done." | Iran's Fars news agency said the talks had been "constructive," while the ISNA said the IAEA tea...
UNITED NATIONS,- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon on Tuesday expressed his concern about recent election- related tensions in Senegal, calling on all parties concerned to " create enabling conditions for transparent, credible and peaceful elections"...
Pti: UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon , in neighbouring Jordan for talks on Middle East peace, urged the Security Council to overcome bitter differences over Syria to increase pressure to end the bloodshed. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading...
AMMAN (Reuters): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki - moon said on Tuesday he hoped the Security Council would reflect international will when it deliberates a draft resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit power.Spurred by Assad's brutal...
The Arab world has a "generational opportunity" to create a future it deserves, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today during a visit to Jordan, voicing his support for ongoing reforms in the country and the region. "At this critical juncture...
Moreover, persistence of inflation at elevated levels strengthens expectations of it remaining high, making it all the more difficult to have desirable effects of anti-inflation policies.Under these circumstances, to bring inflation down, even larger adjustments in the interest rate and exchange rate would be required.As a result, the contraction in economic activities could be relatively higher, and may prolong, it added.
Despite Moscow's reluctance, UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon called on the Security Council for its support of a draft resolution. [Interview : Ban Ki - moon , United Nations Secretary-General] "Then they have a responsibility to read such expectations...
"It is time for the international community to put aside our own differences and send a clear message of support to the people of Syria," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the U.N. Security Council in backing an Arab League plan for the country. | "I know that some members here may be concerned that the Security Council is headed toward another Libya," Clinton said. "That is a false analogy."