Ban Ki-moon

After 10 years as general secretary of the United Nations, South Korea’s Ban Ki-mooon has returned home, stirring up rumours that he could seek to be the country’s next President. There has been speculation in the north-east Asian…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bid goodbye to staff and Permanent Representatives at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, being his last official working day as the UN scribe. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called Adama Barrow, the President-elect of Gambia, to congratulate him on his electoral victory and to reiterate the commitment of the UN to a peaceful, timely, and orderly transfer of power. In a…

Ban Ki-moon, outgoing UN Secretary General, whose second five-year term is set to end by the end of this year, reclaimed top spot in recent South Korean presidential polls, local survey showed on Monday. According to a survey of 2,528…

German authorities on Wednesday named the suspect in the Christmas market truck attack as Anis Amri, and offered a reward of up to 100,000 Euros (104,000 dollars) for information leading to his arrest. The 24-year-old Tunisian, who had…

No fewer than 11 serving Ambassadors of The Gambia have called on President Yahya Jammeh to quit and handover power peacefully to President-elect Adama Barrow. Mr Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, told UN…

The UN General Assembly has approved the revised UN budget for the 2016-2017 biennium to 5.61 billion U.S. dollars from the initial 5.57 billion dollars estimates presented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. A UN report obtained by the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Friday’s adoption of a Security Council resolution, which stated that the establishment of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, was illegal. The Correspondent of…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said with the change in population growth across the globe, no fewer than 40 million additional health workers would be needed by 2030. Ban, in his message on the Report of the High-Level Commission on…

Two major presidential hopefuls in South Korea’s biggest opposition party beat outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a simulated presidential election, a local survey showed on Thursday. Moon Jae-in, former head of the main…

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his final address at the Security Council on Tuesday, calling on the international community to work together towards helping victims of human trafficking and punishing perpetrators of the…

The outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the failure of the international community to act now could put the South Sudan on a trajectory towards mass atrocities. Ban, who gave the warning while addressing the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council on have strongly condemned the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, in Ankara on Monday. Ban and the Council, in separate statements, said there was no…

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for compassion for migrants and refugees, urging countries to mark the 2016 International Migrants Day by rejecting intolerance, discrimination and xenophobic rhetoric against them.…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said given the scale of the disaster in South Sudan, the UN Security Council, African Union and the international community must step up to their responsibility to help the country’s citizens who have…

Outgoing UN Scribe, Ban Ki-moon, said on Friday that he had more regrets leaving office after a two-term tenure than celebrations. Ban, who made the remarks during his final press briefing as secretary-general, with the UN…

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has bid the Security Council farewell, telling the Council that the protracted conflict in Syria remained his greatest regret as he bows out of office. Ban, in an emotion-laden speech, told the…

Incoming UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the appointment of women into critical position will be his top priority as the UN chief from January 1, 2017. Guterres, who stated this while unveiling his 100-day agenda during a…

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a farewell speech on Monday, said that his tenure as the eight UN scribe was filled with one of the worst challenges for humanity. Ban, whose speech attracted standing ovation among the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed dissatisfaction at outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh rescinding his earlier decision of Dec. 2, in which he conceded defeat to President-elect Adama Barrow. Ban, in a press statement…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has challenged the global community to rise up individually and collectively for the protection of the rights of people around them at all times. Ban, who made the remarks in his message to mark the 2016…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, launched the TOGETHER Campaign to counter xenophobia against refugees and migrants. Ban, who launched the initiative during a visit to Syrian refugees employed at the Habibi and Hawara…

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says the announcement by three African countries of their intent to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) sends a ‘wrong message’ to the world. Ki-moon was quoted as saying this in a…

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon has  welcomed the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls, following more than two years of captivity.  In a statement in New York, he however expressed deep concern about the safety and well-being of the…

In a rare show of unity, all 15 ambassadors from the security council emerged from the sixth in a series of straw polls to announce that they had agreed on António Guterres, who was UN high commissioner for refugees for a decade, and that…

President Buhari has been commended by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon for his war against corruption and terrorism. He told the President that leaders across the world respect him for giving Nigeria a positive image.…

The United Nations Secretary- General, Ban Ki- moon on Friday in Lagos said youths could solve problems of abject poverty, ostentatious wealth, hunger and food wastes. He made the remarks in a message to the United Nations International…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday encouraged Member States to adopt national and regional plans of action to prevent violent extremism. Ban made the call while reacting to the adoption of a resolution on the UN Global Counter…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, has called on member states to ensure that the rights of millions of men, women and children who flee their homes each year are protected wherever they are. Ban in a message on World Refugee Day,…

Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday, urged UN Member States to make sure they are properly equipped to prevent non-state actors from acquiring Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Ban made the call while speaking at the two-day open Consultations of…