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US, Allies Aim Military and Financial Might Against Gadhafi

The Obama administration and international allies today stepped up pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to quit Libya, freezing billions of dollars of the strongman's assets and threatening to impose a no-fly zone to stop his government from striking rebel forces from the sky. The U.S. Treasury Department said it has frozen at...

UN Turns Up the Heat on Libya

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on the Security Council to take urgent action against Moammar Gadhafi's regime, which is believed to have killed thousands of protesters in Libya. "It is time for the Security Council to consider concrete action," Ban told the 15-nation body. "Whatever your course, let us be...

UN Security Council Condemns Violence in Libya

The U.N. Security Council today condemned the violence against pro-democracy protesters in Libya and called for accountability on the part of those who carried out attacks against them. The statement came as Moammar Gadhafi's regime orchestrated a brutal crackdown on demonstrators, which includes firing at protesters from...

UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'

UNITED NATIONS -- Some 380 million years after the first trees grew on Earth, the United Nations today declared 2011 to be the "International Year of Forests," saying that forests and the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihood need to be protected. "Each minute that we spend on this planet breathing in...

US Wants UN Human Rights Expert Fired for 9/11 Comments

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States demanded today that the U.N. expert on Palestinian human rights be fired for suggesting that 9/11 was carried out by the U.S. government and then covered up by the American media. "In my view, Mr. [Richard] Falk's latest commentary is so noxious that it should finally be plain to all...

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05/03/12 History is Made in Burma Source: Big Think United Nations Secretary General, Ban ki moon, was this week in Myanmar, or Burma as Western and some domestic opponents continue to call the country.
01/23/12 Critical Cyprus meeting begins in New York Source: Famagusta Gazette - Cyprus The Green Tree meeting in New York between Ban Ki Moon, President Christofias and Dervis Eroglu, begun at four this afternoon, with a breakfast hosted for the leaders by the UN Secretary General, who also made an initial speech to the delegations.
04/22/11 'UNS ' pane repor biase Source: Daily News of Sri Lanka 'Patriotic Bhikkhu Front, Ruhunu Rata Bhikkhu Front and Chinthana Parshadaya condemn the biased and ill-informed report prepared by the expert panel appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to advice him on human rights issues related to Sri Lanka's struggle to liberate its citizens from LTTE in 2009, said Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thera.
08/13/10 Ban Ki Moon arrives today; Kerry on 18th Source: Pakistan Observer IslamabadâUnited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon would be arriving in Islamabad today (Saturday) to assess the damage and critical situation caused by the deadly floods in Pakistan.

Background on Ban Ki moon

Ban Ki-moon (; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations.

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