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Ban Ki-Moon, the South Korean U.N. Secretary-General sworn in January 1st 2007, pledges to pay attention to the genocide in Darfur.
Segments taken from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070102/ts_nm/un_leader_dc
"...Asked about the execution of
Saddam Hussein, Ban, 62, said the former Iraqi leader was responsible "for committing heinous crimes and unspeakable atrocities against the Iraqi people and we should never forget the victims of these crimes."
But he said "the issue of capital punishment is for each and every member state to decide" in conformity with international law..."
"...Ban said the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region was "very high on my agenda" and he would meet with his special envoy Jan Eliasson of Sweden on Wednesday morning and had already spoken by telephone with him.
He also said he would attend an African Union summit at the end of January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and talk to Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir there.
"By engaging myself in the diplomatic process I hope that we will be able to resolve peacefully as soon as possible on these serious issues," Ban said.
Under Annan, the United Nations struggled to get a peacekeeping force in Sudan's western arid Darfur region, where violence has escalated, rapes have multiplied and more than 2.5 million people have been thrown out of their homes.
Bashir has put conditions on a U.N. peacekeeping force to bolster the under-financed 7,000 African Union troops, now in Darfur..."
"...On
North Korea, Ban said it was a priority on his agenda, especially since he had been deeply involved in Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions as
South Korea's foreign minister.
"As secretary general I will first try to facilitate the smooth progress of six-party talks, and I will discuss this matter closely with the members of the six parties as well as (U.N.) Security Council members so that I can be able to do my own role," Ban said.
Negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons ended without progress earlier this month during talks in Beijing among North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
But Ban was mindful of the daunting challenges and the limitations of the United Nations as well as his job.
"Not a single person, including the secretary general of the United Nations, not a single country -- however strong, powerful, resourceful, can address this," Ban said. "We need to have some common efforts."...."
"..."We (the United Nations) have been underappreciated, sometimes unfairly criticized. So it is necessary for staff, senior staff particularly, to have continuous dialogue with the press," Ban said. ..."
All I can say is FINALLY. There is finally someone who will end the chaos in the world, or at least try. Alhamdulillah!
Ban Ki-Moon, the South Korean U.N. Secretary-General sworn in January 1st 2007, pledges to pay attention to the genocide in Darfur.
Segments taken from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070102/ts_nm/un_leader_dc
"...Asked about the execution of
Saddam Hussein, Ban, 62, said the former Iraqi leader was responsible "for committing heinous crimes and unspeakable atrocities against the Iraqi people and we should never forget the victims of these crimes."
But he said "the issue of capital punishment is for each and every member state to decide" in conformity with international law..."
"...Ban said the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region was "very high on my agenda" and he would meet with his special envoy Jan Eliasson of Sweden on Wednesday morning and had already spoken by telephone with him.
He also said he would attend an African Union summit at the end of January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and talk to Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir there.
"By engaging myself in the diplomatic process I hope that we will be able to resolve peacefully as soon as possible on these serious issues," Ban said.
Under Annan, the United Nations struggled to get a peacekeeping force in Sudan's western arid Darfur region, where violence has escalated, rapes have multiplied and more than 2.5 million people have been thrown out of their homes.
Bashir has put conditions on a U.N. peacekeeping force to bolster the under-financed 7,000 African Union troops, now in Darfur..."
"...On
North Korea, Ban said it was a priority on his agenda, especially since he had been deeply involved in Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions as
South Korea's foreign minister.
"As secretary general I will first try to facilitate the smooth progress of six-party talks, and I will discuss this matter closely with the members of the six parties as well as (U.N.) Security Council members so that I can be able to do my own role," Ban said.
Negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons ended without progress earlier this month during talks in Beijing among North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
But Ban was mindful of the daunting challenges and the limitations of the United Nations as well as his job.
"Not a single person, including the secretary general of the United Nations, not a single country -- however strong, powerful, resourceful, can address this," Ban said. "We need to have some common efforts."...."
"..."We (the United Nations) have been underappreciated, sometimes unfairly criticized. So it is necessary for staff, senior staff particularly, to have continuous dialogue with the press," Ban said. ..."
All I can say is FINALLY. There is finally someone who will end the chaos in the world, or at least try. Alhamdulillah!