ABC News (Australia)
| Mar 20, 2012
Russia's Interfax news agency reports that a Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, in what some are seeing as a show of support for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has called for a d...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 23, 2012
The United Nations and the Arab League have appointed Kofi Annan, a former head of the world body, to act as a joint special envoy on Syria. It's a high-profile appointment that reflects growing international concern over developments in the coun...
— Jul 19, 2012 at 02:50 pm
...- Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on Thursday on China-Africa cooperation, the role of UN and the s...
— Aug 20, 2012 at 10:51 am
In a matter of days, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit will take place in Tehran, where Iran will assume the rotating, three-year presidency of...
— Sep 5, 2012 at 11:43 pm
...Security Council’s “paralysis” on Syria on Wednesday, warning it has hurt both the Syrian people and the council’s own credibility. Addressing t...
— Feb 22 at 06:26 pm
...Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... has joined the international community in condemning the terro...
— Mar 9, 2012 at 03:37 am
...Nations on Wednesday held a historic session examining the global landscape of LGBT rights in which Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon gave an unequi...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, abbreviated UNSG, is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations.
The current Secretary-General is Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who took office on 1 January 2007. His first term expired on 31 December 2011. He was re-elected, unopposed, to a second term on 21 June 2011.
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