What nationality is the Secretary General of the UN, Ban-Ki-Moon?
"2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 2006 to succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ran until 31 December 2006. Seven candidates were officially nominated for the position. The United Nations Security Council conducted a series of unofficial straw polls between 24 July and 2 October. South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon led the polls from the start, emerging as the only candidate with the support of all five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council (P5). After the final straw poll, all of the other candidates withdrew."
"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He teaches political and economic development at Brown University in the United States. Lagos was born in Santiago, Chile. He was the only child of Froilán Lagos Sepúlveda (a farmer who died when his son was eight years old) and Emma Escobar Morales (who died in April 2005 at age 108). He attended primary school at Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas and high school at the prestigious Instituto Nacional. In 1961, Lagos married Carmen Weber, with whom he had two children, Ricardo and Ximena. In 1969, he met Luisa Durán and they married in 1971."
"Ban Ki-moon, the new United Nations Secretary-General from South Korea, on 5 January 2007. According to Ban, ""She is a highly respected leader who has championed the cause of developing countries over the years..."" He also said that ""Through her distinguished service in diverse areas, she has displayed outstanding management skills with wide experience and expertise in socio-economic affairs and development issues."" According to The New York Times, this was a fulfilment of his promise to pick a woman from the developing world for the post of Deputy Secretary-General. The UN News Centre noted that Migiro and Ban had worked"
"Michael Møller Michael Møller, born 9 November 1952 (Denmark), is the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). He is also the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Representative to the Conference. He was appointed to these roles by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in November 2013 and was reappointed by Secretary-General António Guterres in February 2017 for another year. Michael Møller has over 38 years of experience as an international civil servant in the United Nations System, serving in different roles in New York, Iran, Mexico,"
"United Nations Security Council Resolution 1987 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1987, adopted by acclamation at a closed meeting on June 17, 2011, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Ban Ki-moon be appointed for a second term of office from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016. Ban's election was uncontested and nations had approved of his decision immediately. The vote was delayed due to disagreements in the Latin American and Caribbean regional grouping over whether to endorse Ban as"
"to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and widely considered his right-hand man. He is appointed as Under Secretary-General and Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs since June 2015, and has since led efforts to investigate chemical weapon attacks in Syria and dismantle the chemical weapons stockpile. In a recent address marking the coinciding 70th anniversary of the UN and 70th anniversary of the first and last use of nuclear weapons in war, Kim outlined goals to address the urgent issue of nuclear disarmament as well as sustainable development related to climate concerns. On the Koreas, he suggests that North Korean provocations"
"United States. Ban Ki-moon ran unopposed in 2011 and was re-selected unanimously by the Security Council. In 2016, Eastern Europe was favoured for Secretary-General, as it was the only regional grouping that had not yet held the office. There was also a campaign to select the first female Secretary-General. Of the 13 candidates, 9 were from Eastern Europe, and 7 were women. Instead of collaborating to select an Eastern European woman, the two campaigns both failed. António Guterres, a man from Portugal, led the polling from the first round and never lost the lead. Guterres won the final round with"
"office has evolved into a dual role of an administrator of the UN organization and a diplomat and mediator addressing disputes between member states and finding consensus to global issues. The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly, after being recommended by the Security Council, where the permanent members have veto power. There are no specific criteria for the post, but over the years it has become accepted that the post shall be held for one or two terms of five years. The current Secretary-General is António Guterres, who replaced Ban Ki-moon in 2017. The International Court of Justice (ICJ),"
"major stories throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Born in France, Dujarric, has been living in the United States for the most part of the last 40 years. He is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Stéphane Dujarric Stephane Dujarric de la Rivière (born 20 August 1965) is the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. He was appointed to this position on 19 February 2014 by the previous Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon . Dujarric had previously served as Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2005 to 2006 and then"
"in Security Council Resolution 2311. On 13 October 2016, the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly ratified the Security Council's choice by acclamation, formally appointing Guterres as the next Secretary-General for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 2017. 2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in October 2016 to choose the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations to succeed Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2017. Six straw polls were held in the Security Council from 21 July 2016 to 5 October 2016. António Guterres of Portugal led the polling in every round,"
"had met with Than Shwe, the leading figure of Myanmar's government 23 May 2008. Ban toured the devastation—especially in the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta—23 May 2008 and 24 May 2008. Myanmar officials agreed to allow the Yangon International Airport to be used as a logistical hub for aid distribution. On 6 June 2011, Ban Ki-moon formally announced his candidacy for a second consecutive term as Secretary-General of the United Nations. He announced his candidacy at a press conference, following a meeting with the Asian group of countries at the United Nations. Ban Ki-moon's first mandate as the Secretary-General was set to"
"2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in October 2016 to choose the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations to succeed Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2017. Six straw polls were held in the Security Council from 21 July 2016 to 5 October 2016. António Guterres of Portugal led the polling in every round, finishing the last round with 13 'encourage' votes, 0 'discourage' votes, and 2 abstentions. On 6 October 2016, the Security Council unanimously recommended Guterres to the General Assembly, which formally selected him by acclamation on 13 October 2016. The 2016 selection"
"his candidacy, and China's Permanent Representative to the UN told reporters that ""it is quite clear from today's straw poll that Minister Ban Ki-moon is the candidate that the Security Council will recommend to the General Assembly"". Zeid and Ghani withdrew from the race on 4 October. They were followed on 5 October by Surakiart and Vīķe-Freiberga, leaving only Ban in the race. The Security Council conducted a formal vote on 9 October and forwarded its choice to the General Assembly, which then appointed Ban Ki-moon on 13 October. Traditionally, the Secretary-General is re-selected for a second term unless vetoed"
"Minister, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations; he was the first non-Westerner to head any international organisation and would serve as UN Secretary-General for ten years. Among the Burmese to work at the UN when he was Secretary-General was the young Aung San Suu Kyi. Until 2005, the United Nations General Assembly annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Burma by consensus. But in 2006 a divided United Nations General Assembly voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Burma to end its systematic violations of human rights. In January 2007, Russia and China"
"U Thant Thant (; ; ; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-European to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month (3,683 days) (taking into account a one-month vacancy in November–December 1966). A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at the Rangoon University. In the days of tense political climate in Burma, he held moderate views positioning himself between fervent nationalists"
"Stéphane Dujarric Stephane Dujarric de la Rivière (born 20 August 1965) is the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. He was appointed to this position on 19 February 2014 by the previous Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon . Dujarric had previously served as Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2005 to 2006 and then Deputy Communications Director for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 2006 to 2007. Prior to his current appointment, Dujarric was Director of News and Media for the United Nations Department of Public Information, a position that he had held since March 2011."
"the term of Ban Ki-moon, from South Korea, expired. He officially submitted his secretary general candidature on 27 May 2016 and became the official Slovak candidate for the 2016 UN Secretary-General selection. Among other isses, Lajčák in his candidacy for UN Secretary General addressed the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers, arguing that a ""zero tolerance policy on sexual violence and abuse by peacekeepers against civilian populations is a must. Such violations must be fully investigated and perpetrators brought to justice."" When asked in his informal dialogues how peacekeeping operations could be strengthened, he said that there"
"he was the sole candidate. Support for his re-election was also given unofficially by North Korea. His appointment was subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1987 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1987, adopted by acclamation at a closed meeting on June 17, 2011, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Ban Ki-moon be appointed for a second term of office from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016. Ban's election was uncontested and nations had approved"
"Choi Young-jin Choi Young-jin (Hangul: 최영진, ""Choe Yeongjin""; born 29 March 1948) is a South Korean politician who is the former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in October 2007, as successor of Pierre Schori from Sweden. He has been succeeded by Bert Koenders from the Netherlands in August 2011. Choi Young-jin was born on 29 March 1948 in Seoul, South Korea. He obtained his master's and doctorate degrees in international relations from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), respectively, in 1980 and"
"Farid Zarif Farid Zarif (; born 1951, Kabul, Afghanistan) was United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). In August 2015, he was promoted to the level of United Nations Under-Secretary-General and appointed as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Liberia and Coordinator of the United Nations Operations in Liberia (UNMIL). Zarif has extensive experience in diplomatic, international and United Nations affairs. During his diplomatic service, he served in various positions inside and outside Afghanistan, including as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from"
"June 2011, Mulet was re-appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations - a position Mulet had previously held from 2007 to 2010 before being deployed to Haiti. Edmond Mulet Edmond Mulet (born 13 March 1951) is a Guatemalan diplomat. He was appointed Head of the independent three-member panel to lead the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism on 27 April 2017. Mr. Mulet served as the last Chief of Staff to former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United"
"consecutive Secretary-Generals from Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon to current Antonio Guterres. In September 2006, Kofi Annan appointed her as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, equivalent to Assistant Secretary-General after seeing her potential when she chaired the UN commission on women. She was appointed by Ban Ki-moon as Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and Assistant Secretary-General for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in March 2013. In October 2016, she was appointed by then-Secretary-General-elect, Antonio Guterres as Chief of the Secretary-General-designate's Transition Team. Later in February 2017, she continued to work with Secretary-General Guterres as his Senior Advisor"
"mountain named Mai San which is excellent for hiking. Known for spotting wildlife, Samseong was formerly a prime location for encountering species now thought to be endangered. Eumseong County Eumseong County (""Eumseong-gun"") is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, best known for being the birthplace of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Eumseong County is composed of two towns (""eup"") and seven townships (""myeon""), with a total population of 98,619 people (including foreigners) as of March 31, 2013. The most central town is Geumwang (which also goes by the name Muguk). Many farmers live in Eumseong County. They host two"
"Simon Munzu Simon Munzu (born 1949, Nguti-Cameroon) was the United Nations Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire from October 2014 to August 2016. Prior to this appointment of 7 October 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Munzu served the United Nations in various capacities. Munzu has extensive experience in political affairs, human rights, law, academia and management. Munzu joined the United Nations in 1995 as a volunteer after working for more than thirteen years in academia. He has held several high-level positions with the United Nations including Acting Head of the United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in"
"is a field officer for UNICEF in Nairobi. After his election as Secretary-General, Ban became an icon in his hometown, where his extended family still resides. Over 50,000 gathered in a soccer stadium in Chungju for celebration of the result. In the months following his election, thousands of practitioners of geomancy went to his village to determine how it produced such an important person. Ban himself is not a member of any church or religious group and has declined to expound his beliefs: ""Now, as Secretary-General, it will not be appropriate at this time to talk about my own belief"
"be a long shot for the office. As foreign minister of South Korea, however, he was able to travel to all the countries on the United Nations Security Council, a maneuver that turned him into the campaign's front runner. On 13 October 2006, he was elected to be the eighth Secretary-General by the United Nations General Assembly. On 1 January 2007, he succeeded Kofi Annan. As Secretary-General, he was responsible for several major reforms on peacekeeping and UN employment practices. Diplomatically, Ban has taken particularly strong views on global warming, pressing the issue repeatedly with U.S. President George W. Bush,"
"of the Secretary-General in Kosovo since August 2011. Mr. Zarif graduated from Kabul University’s Faculty of Law and Political Science in 1973, and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following year. After graduating with honours from the Afghan Institute of Diplomacy, he studied international relations and diplomacy at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Farid Zarif Farid Zarif (; born 1951, Kabul, Afghanistan) was United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). In August 2015, he was promoted to the level of United Nations Under-Secretary-General and appointed as"
"has an extensive record of private and public service: While working at the Inter-American Development Bank, she met her husband George Bartsiotas who later became a member of the UN Joint Inspection Unit. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas is the Assistant Secretary-General and Controller of the United Nations Department of Management's Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts. Prior to this appointment on 30 October 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Bartsiotas held a number of senior level positions in programme planning, budgeting and financial management. Born in Uruguay, Bartsiotas is a United States national. In 1979, she"
"is married and has four children. Michael O'Neill (diplomat) Michael Angus O'Neill CMG (born 1965) is a British diplomat. Until 2018, he was a United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and the Director of External Relations and Advocacy in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 4 February 2014, replacing Sigrid Kaag. From the United Kingdom, O'Neill has served in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service for many years, and his most recent appointments include Senior Foreign Office Representative to the Gulf Strategy Group and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Qatar (2012-2013). Prior to this, he"
"the former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 2015 to 2016, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2007-2010 and again in 2011-2015, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) between 2006-2007 and 2010-2011) was named to head the JIM. The JIM consisted of a three-member leadership panel, headed by an Assistant Secretary General. The panel’s two other members advised on political and investigative components, respectively. On 27 April 2017, the Secretary-General announced the appointment of Edmond Mulet (Guatemala) as the Head of the three-member Leadership Panel of the JIM. The Leadership Panel"
"Eumseong County Eumseong County (""Eumseong-gun"") is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, best known for being the birthplace of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Eumseong County is composed of two towns (""eup"") and seven townships (""myeon""), with a total population of 98,619 people (including foreigners) as of March 31, 2013. The most central town is Geumwang (which also goes by the name Muguk). Many farmers live in Eumseong County. They host two cultural festivals: the Pumba (traditional vagabond) Festival (품바축제) in the spring and the Gochu (chili pepper) Festival (고추축제) in the fall. Eumseong is famous in Korea for"
"Between 1998 - 1999, he was director of Program Management Division of Oil-for-Food program in New York. Bo Asplund Bo Asplund currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan. He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in August 2007. Asplund obtained his master's degree in international economics from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and master’s and bachelor's degrees in economics, political science and statistics from the University of Lund (Sweden). He also holds a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from"
"As a result, the selection is subject to the veto of any of the five permanent members of the Security Council. The Charter's minimal language has since been supplemented by other procedural rules and accepted practices. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would be completing his second term on 31 December 2016, after which he would step down due to the informal two-term limit. Under the principle of regional rotation, candidates from Asia were ineligible to succeed Ban. The Eastern European Group was favored in the 2016 selection, as it was the only one of the United Nations Regional Groups never to have"