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Hunger 'kills 17000 children per day'
Nov 17th, 2009 - CNN
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Somewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds -- even though the planet has more than enough food for all.
Ban Ki-moon, the U.N...At UN food summit, Ban Ki-Moon warns of rise in child hunger deaths
Nov 16th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Rome - At the start of a global food security summit in Rome on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged donors to help the 1 billion people on the planet who do not have enough to eat...
Ban observes fast against hunger
Nov 15th, 2009 - The Hindu
Ban observes fast against hunger United Nations: Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon observed a 24-hour fast in solidarity with a billion hungry people worldwide, his spokesperson Marie Okabe has said. Mr...
U.N.'s Ban to fast in solidarity with world's hungry
Nov 13th, 2009 - Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will join a 24-hour fast called by the U.N. food chief to show solidarity with the world's 1 billion hungry ahead of a food security summit next week, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
U.N...Senate Working on 'Framework' for Climate Talks, Lieberman Says
Nov 11th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A bipartisan “framework” to combatclimate change may be reached in the U.S. Senate before globalmeetings in Copenhagen next month to craft a new treaty onglobal warming...
Ban Ki Moon videos from YouTube:
1:08The UN Secretary-General wants to hear from you
be designated Citizen Ambassadors, and will be invited to United Nations Headquarters in New York on the occasion of the 64th UN Day. 3. They will take a special guided tour of UN Headquarters, have their photo taken with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and receive VIP seating at the UN Day Concert ...
2:43UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses Model UN students
A message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the student delegates at the Global Classrooms: Pacific Rim International Model UN Conference hosted at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA on June 6 & 7, 2008 ...
1:56Earth Hour at UN sites around the world (Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General)
United Nations, 17 March 2009 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces that the UN will participate in Earth Hour on 28 March by turning off the lights at its headquarters in NY and at other sites around the world. More than ...
13:17Frost over the world - Ban Ki-Moon- Sept 19, 2008
Sir David Frost interviews Ban Ki- Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Ban Ki Moon from WikiPedia:
Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: ???; born 13 June 1944) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from college, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India. In the foreign ministry he established a reputation for modesty and competence.
Ban was the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea from January 2004 to November 2006. In February 2006 he began to campaign for the office of Secretary-General. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office. As foreign minister of Korea, however, he was able to travel to all of the countries that were members of the United Nations Security Council, a maneuver that turned him into the front runner.
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